Assay of salicylate 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

$14.28

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.

$51.00

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.

$8.39 with Wellpoint vs $45.90 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 $8.39 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Tenncare $8.69 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Options PPO $18.64 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $18.64 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $18.64 ↑ +31%
Tricare Humana Military $19.96 ↑ +40%
Optum VA CCN $19.96 ↑ +40%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $20.56 ↑ +44%
Humana DSNP $20.56 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $20.56 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $20.56 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $20.56 ↑ +44%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $20.76 ↑ +45%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $20.76 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $20.96 ↑ +47%
Devoted Health HMO $20.96 ↑ +47%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $20.96 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare DSNP $20.96 ↑ +47%
Devoted Health PPO $20.96 ↑ +47%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $20.96 ↑ +47%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $20.96 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.96 ↑ +47%
Cigna Medicare PPO $20.96 ↑ +47%
Cigna Medicare HMO $20.96 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $20.96 ↑ +47%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $20.96 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint DSNP $20.96 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $20.96 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $20.96 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $20.96 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $20.96 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $20.96 ↑ +47%
EHN Network Lease $22.95 ↑ +61%
BCBS TN Blue Care $23.30 ↑ +63%
Aetna Commercial $28.24 ↑ +98%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $30.60 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $33.15 ↑ +132%
Ambetter Exchange $33.74 ↑ +136%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $35.42 ↑ +148%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $35.42 ↑ +148%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $35.70 ↑ +150%
Cigna IFP $38.15 ↑ +167%
NovaNet Network Lease $38.25 ↑ +168%
Cigna Local Plus $38.32 ↑ +168%
National Provider Network PPO $40.80 ↑ +186%
Direct Care America PPO $40.80 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $40.80 ↑ +186%
Cigna POS $41.65 ↑ +192%
Cigna OAP $41.65 ↑ +192%
Cigna HMO $41.65 ↑ +192%
Beech Street PPO $43.35 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $43.35 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $44.88 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $45.90 ↑ +221%

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Assay of salicylate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $153.39 $15.14 – $54.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $17.71 $15.14 – $37.28
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $24.00 $9.32 – $40.64
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $153.39 $15.14 – $54.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $153.39 $15.14 – $54.30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $153.39 $16.78 – $54.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $153.39 $15.14 – $54.30
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $23.69 $9.32 – $41.14

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