Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$75.04

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.

$268.00

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.

$18.51 with United Healthcare vs $344.57 with Ambetter — 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $18.51 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $49.40 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $49.47 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $49.47 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Options PPO $49.47 ↓ -34%
Optum VA CCN $50.64 ↓ -33%
Tricare Humana Military $50.64 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $52.16 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $52.16 ↓ -30%
Humana DSNP $52.16 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $52.16 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $52.16 ↓ -30%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $52.67 ↓ -30%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $52.67 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $53.17 ↓ -29%
Devoted Health HMO $53.17 ↓ -29%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $53.17 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare DSNP $53.17 ↓ -29%
Devoted Health PPO $53.17 ↓ -29%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $53.17 ↓ -29%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $53.17 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $53.17 ↓ -29%
Cigna Medicare PPO $53.17 ↓ -29%
Cigna Medicare HMO $53.17 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint DSNP $53.17 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $53.17 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $53.17 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $53.17 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $53.17 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $53.17 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $53.17 ↓ -29%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $53.17 ↓ -29%
EHN Network Lease $54.45 ↓ -27%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $72.60 ↓ -3%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $78.65 ↑ +5%
BCBS TN Blue Care $83.45 ↑ +11%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $84.70 ↑ +13%
NovaNet Network Lease $90.75 ↑ +21%
National Provider Network PPO $96.80 ↑ +29%
Direct Care America PPO $96.80 ↑ +29%
MedSave USA Commercial $96.80 ↑ +29%
Beech Street PPO $102.85 ↑ +37%
CCN Managed Care PPO $102.85 ↑ +37%
Initial Group PPO $106.48 ↑ +42%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $108.90 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial $116.28 ↑ +55%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $126.84 ↑ +69%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $126.84 ↑ +69%
Cigna IFP $178.69 ↑ +138%
Cigna Local Plus $179.47 ↑ +139%
Cigna HMO $195.08 ↑ +160%
Cigna OAP $195.08 ↑ +160%
Cigna POS $195.08 ↑ +160%
Ambetter Exchange $344.57 ↑ +359%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $48.47 $3.38 – $223.03
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $88.21 $5.03 – $208.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.49 $3.38 – $97.58
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $126.06 $5.03 – $208.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $76.95 $8.87 – $106.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $48.47 $3.38 – $223.03
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $48.47 $3.38 – $223.03
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $48.47 $5.05 – $223.03

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