Assay of urine sulfate 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

$70.00

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.

$250.00

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.

$2.47 with Wellpoint vs $12.60 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 $2.47 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Tenncare $3.04 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Options PPO $5.49 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $5.49 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $5.49 ↓ -92%
Tricare Humana Military $5.88 ↓ -92%
Optum VA CCN $5.88 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $6.06 ↓ -91%
Humana DSNP $6.06 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $6.06 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.06 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $6.06 ↓ -91%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $6.12 ↓ -91%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $6.12 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $6.17 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health HMO $6.17 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $6.17 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare DSNP $6.17 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health PPO $6.17 ↓ -91%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $6.17 ↓ -91%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $6.17 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.17 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare PPO $6.17 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare HMO $6.17 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint DSNP $6.17 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $6.17 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $6.17 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $6.17 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $6.17 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $6.17 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $6.17 ↓ -91%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $6.17 ↓ -91%
EHN Network Lease $6.30 ↓ -91%
BCBS TN Blue Care $6.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $8.31 ↓ -88%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $8.40 ↓ -88%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $9.10 ↓ -87%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $9.80 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Exchange $9.94 ↓ -86%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $10.43 ↓ -85%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $10.43 ↓ -85%
NovaNet Network Lease $10.50 ↓ -85%
Cigna IFP $11.11 ↓ -84%
Cigna Local Plus $11.16 ↓ -84%
National Provider Network PPO $11.20 ↓ -84%
Direct Care America PPO $11.20 ↓ -84%
MedSave USA Commercial $11.20 ↓ -84%
CCN Managed Care PPO $11.90 ↓ -83%
Beech Street PPO $11.90 ↓ -83%
Cigna OAP $12.13 ↓ -83%
Cigna POS $12.13 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO $12.13 ↓ -83%
Initial Group PPO $12.32 ↓ -82%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $12.60 ↓ -82%

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Assay of urine sulfate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $63.05 $4.21 – $149.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $16.79 $4.78 – $10.98
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $90.10 $4.21 – $149.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $8.40 $2.75 – $11.97
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $8.28 $3.37 – $12.27
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $8.40 $2.42 – $11.97
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $8.40 $2.75 – $13.18
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $8.40 $2.75 – $11.97

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