Blood typing patient serum at Claiborne Medical Center
1850 Old Knoxville Rd, Tazewell, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942205166
$14.00
Cash price 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.
$50.00
Gross charge 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 $60.19 with Blue Cross of TN — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $7.35 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $13.23 | ↓ -6% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $16.34 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $16.34 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $16.34 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $20.43 | ↑ +46% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $22.50 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $24.77 | ↑ +77% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $29.58 | ↑ +111% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $30.00 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $31.05 | ↑ +122% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $31.05 | ↑ +122% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $32.50 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna | IFP | $33.30 | ↑ +138% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $33.44 | ↑ +139% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $35.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | OAP | $36.35 | ↑ +160% |
| Cigna | HMO | $36.35 | ↑ +160% |
| Cigna | POS | $36.35 | ↑ +160% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $37.50 | ↑ +168% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $40.00 | ↑ +186% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $40.00 | ↑ +186% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $40.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $42.50 | ↑ +204% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $42.50 | ↑ +204% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $44.00 | ↑ +214% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $45.00 | ↑ +221% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $57.32 | ↑ +309% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $57.32 | ↑ +309% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $59.04 | ↑ +322% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $59.04 | ↑ +322% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $59.04 | ↑ +322% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $59.04 | ↑ +322% |
| Humana | DSNP | $59.04 | ↑ +322% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $59.61 | ↑ +326% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $59.61 | ↑ +326% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $60.19 | ↑ +330% |
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Blood typing patient serum at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $14.51 | $11.27 – $34.30 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $20.73 | $10.29 – $34.30 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $16.65 | $4.55 – $120.01 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $157.07 | $7.40 – $78.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $157.07 | $7.40 – $78.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $157.07 | $7.40 – $78.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $157.07 | $7.57 – $79.65 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $16.33 | $5.08 – $36.09 |