Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 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

$303.80

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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.

$1,085.00

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.

$488.25 with EHN vs $2,356.00 with BCBS 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.

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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
EHN Network Lease $488.25 ↑ +61%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $651.00 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare Tenncare $656.00 ↑ +116%
Optum VA CCN $688.09 ↑ +126%
Tricare Humana Military $688.09 ↑ +126%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $705.25 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $708.73 ↑ +133%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $708.73 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $708.73 ↑ +133%
Humana DSNP $708.73 ↑ +133%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $708.73 ↑ +133%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $715.61 ↑ +136%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $715.61 ↑ +136%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $722.49 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $722.49 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $722.49 ↑ +138%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $722.49 ↑ +138%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $722.49 ↑ +138%
Wellpoint DSNP $722.49 ↑ +138%
Devoted Health HMO $722.49 ↑ +138%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $722.49 ↑ +138%
United Healthcare DSNP $722.49 ↑ +138%
Devoted Health PPO $722.49 ↑ +138%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $722.49 ↑ +138%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $722.49 ↑ +138%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $722.49 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $722.49 ↑ +138%
Cigna Medicare PPO $722.49 ↑ +138%
Cigna Medicare HMO $722.49 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $722.49 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $722.49 ↑ +138%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $759.50 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $813.75 ↑ +168%
MedSave USA Commercial $868.00 ↑ +186%
Direct Care America PPO $868.00 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $868.00 ↑ +186%
CCN Managed Care PPO $922.25 ↑ +204%
Beech Street PPO $922.25 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $954.80 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $976.50 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,060.00 ↑ +249%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,155.00 ↑ +280%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $1,246.00 ↑ +310%
Cigna IFP $1,250.00 ↑ +311%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,259.81 ↑ +315%
Ambetter Exchange $1,308.00 ↑ +331%
Aetna Commercial $1,349.71 ↑ +344%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,523.00 ↑ +401%
Cigna Local Plus $1,532.00 ↑ +404%
Cigna OAP $1,802.00 ↑ +493%
Cigna POS $1,802.00 ↑ +493%
Cigna HMO $1,802.00 ↑ +493%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,356.00 ↑ +676%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,356.00 ↑ +676%

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,066.79 $606.45 – $1,141.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $280.02 $189.20 – $662.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $400.16 $198.66 – $662.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $639.60 $544.15 – $1,440.52
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,066.79 $243.67 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,066.79 $243.67 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,066.79 $243.67 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,066.79 $606.45 – $1,217.22

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