Aluminum - quest at Claiborne Medical Center

1850 Old Knoxville Rd, Tazewell, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942205166

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

$15.12

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.

$54.00

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.

$11.47 with Wellpoint vs $56.80 with Cigna — 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 $11.47 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Tenncare $16.30 ↑ +8%
EHN Network Lease $24.30 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Options PPO $25.48 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $25.48 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $25.48 ↑ +69%
Optum VA CCN $27.29 ↑ +80%
Tricare Humana Military $27.29 ↑ +80%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $28.11 ↑ +86%
Humana DSNP $28.11 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $28.11 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $28.11 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $28.11 ↑ +86%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $28.38 ↑ +88%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $28.38 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $28.65 ↑ +89%
Devoted Health HMO $28.65 ↑ +89%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $28.65 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare DSNP $28.65 ↑ +89%
Devoted Health PPO $28.65 ↑ +89%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $28.65 ↑ +89%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $28.65 ↑ +89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $28.65 ↑ +89%
Cigna Medicare PPO $28.65 ↑ +89%
Cigna Medicare HMO $28.65 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $28.65 ↑ +89%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $28.65 ↑ +89%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $28.65 ↑ +89%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $28.65 ↑ +89%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $28.65 ↑ +89%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $28.65 ↑ +89%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $28.65 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint DSNP $28.65 ↑ +89%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $32.40 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $35.10 ↑ +132%
BCBS TN Blue Care $35.39 ↑ +134%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $37.80 ↑ +150%
Aetna Commercial $38.60 ↑ +155%
NovaNet Network Lease $40.50 ↑ +168%
National Provider Network PPO $43.20 ↑ +186%
Direct Care America PPO $43.20 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $43.20 ↑ +186%
Beech Street PPO $45.90 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $45.90 ↑ +204%
Ambetter Exchange $46.12 ↑ +205%
Initial Group PPO $47.52 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $48.60 ↑ +221%
Cigna IFP $52.03 ↑ +244%
Cigna Local Plus $52.26 ↑ +246%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $53.79 ↑ +256%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $53.79 ↑ +256%
Cigna HMO $56.80 ↑ +276%
Cigna OAP $56.80 ↑ +276%
Cigna POS $56.80 ↑ +276%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $75.56 $9.17 – $98.21
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