Culture anaerobic except blood at Cumberland Medical Center, Inc.

421 S Main St, Crossville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1871596403

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$30.40

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$95.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$4.26 with Wellpoint vs $85.50 with Galaxy Health Network — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $4.26 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Tenncare $7.27 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $9.47 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Options PPO $9.47 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $9.47 ↓ -69%
Optum VA CCN $10.14 ↓ -67%
Tricare Humana Military $10.14 ↓ -67%
Humana DSNP $10.44 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $10.44 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $10.44 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $10.44 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $10.44 ↓ -66%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $10.55 ↓ -65%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $10.55 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health PPO $10.65 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $10.65 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $10.65 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $10.65 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.65 ↓ -65%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $10.65 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $10.65 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health HMO $10.65 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare PPO $10.65 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare HMO $10.65 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $10.65 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $10.65 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $10.65 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $10.65 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare DSNP $10.65 ↓ -65%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $10.65 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint DSNP $10.65 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $10.65 ↓ -65%
BCBS TN Blue Care $13.15 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial $14.36 ↓ -53%
Ambetter Exchange $17.14 ↓ -44%
Cigna IFP $19.42 ↓ -36%
Cigna Local Plus $19.50 ↓ -36%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $19.99 ↓ -34%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $19.99 ↓ -34%
Cigna POS $21.20 ↓ -30%
Cigna OAP $21.20 ↓ -30%
Cigna HMO $21.20 ↓ -30%
EHN Network Lease $42.75 ↑ +41%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $57.00 ↑ +88%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $61.75 ↑ +103%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $66.50 ↑ +119%
NovaNet Network Lease $71.25 ↑ +134%
Direct Care America PPO $76.00 ↑ +150%
MedSave USA Commercial $76.00 ↑ +150%
National Provider Network PPO $76.00 ↑ +150%
Beech Street PPO $80.75 ↑ +166%
CCN Managed Care PPO $80.75 ↑ +166%
Initial Group PPO $83.60 ↑ +175%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $85.50 ↑ +181%

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $254.52 $3.41 – $36.12
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $24.57 $8.41 – $58.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $66.70 $8.24 – $18.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $35.11 $8.41 – $58.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $16.50 $4.74 – $20.64
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $254.52 $6.63 – $36.12
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $254.52 $6.63 – $36.12
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $254.52 $6.63 – $36.12

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