Blood typing patient serum at Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association

908 W 4th N St, Morristown, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1912997024

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

$22.50

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.

$75.00

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.

$7.35 with Wellpoint vs $67.50 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 $7.35 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Tenncare $13.23 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $16.34 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Options PPO $16.34 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $16.34 ↓ -27%
BCBS TN Blue Care $20.43 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial $24.77 ↑ +10%
Ambetter Exchange $29.58 ↑ +31%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $31.05 ↑ +38%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $31.05 ↑ +38%
Cigna IFP $33.30 ↑ +48%
Cigna Local Plus $33.44 ↑ +49%
EHN Network Lease $33.75 ↑ +50%
Cigna HMO $36.35 ↑ +62%
Cigna OAP $36.35 ↑ +62%
Cigna POS $36.35 ↑ +62%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $45.00 ↑ +100%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $48.75 ↑ +117%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $52.50 ↑ +133%
Optum VA CCN $53.52 ↑ +138%
Tricare Humana Military $53.52 ↑ +138%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $55.13 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $55.13 ↑ +145%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $55.13 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $55.13 ↑ +145%
Humana DSNP $55.13 ↑ +145%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $55.66 ↑ +147%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $55.66 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare DSNP $56.20 ↑ +150%
Devoted Health HMO $56.20 ↑ +150%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $56.20 ↑ +150%
Devoted Health PPO $56.20 ↑ +150%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $56.20 ↑ +150%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $56.20 ↑ +150%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $56.20 ↑ +150%
Cigna Medicare PPO $56.20 ↑ +150%
Cigna Medicare HMO $56.20 ↑ +150%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $56.20 ↑ +150%
Wellpoint DSNP $56.20 ↑ +150%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $56.20 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $56.20 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $56.20 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $56.20 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $56.20 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $56.20 ↑ +150%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $56.20 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $56.25 ↑ +150%
Direct Care America PPO $60.00 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $60.00 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $60.00 ↑ +167%
Beech Street PPO $63.75 ↑ +183%
CCN Managed Care PPO $63.75 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $66.00 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $67.50 ↑ +200%

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