C-reactive protein 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

$5.04

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.

$18.00

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.

$2.33 with Wellpoint vs $16.20 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 $2.33 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Tenncare $3.31 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $5.18 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Options PPO $5.18 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $5.18 ↑ +3%
Optum VA CCN $5.55 ↑ +10%
Tricare Humana Military $5.55 ↑ +10%
Humana DSNP $5.72 ↑ +13%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $5.72 ↑ +13%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $5.72 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $5.72 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.72 ↑ +13%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $5.77 ↑ +14%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $5.77 ↑ +14%
Devoted Health PPO $5.83 ↑ +16%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $5.83 ↑ +16%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $5.83 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $5.83 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.83 ↑ +16%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $5.83 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $5.83 ↑ +16%
Devoted Health HMO $5.83 ↑ +16%
Cigna Medicare PPO $5.83 ↑ +16%
Cigna Medicare HMO $5.83 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $5.83 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $5.83 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $5.83 ↑ +16%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $5.83 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare DSNP $5.83 ↑ +16%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $5.83 ↑ +16%
Wellpoint DSNP $5.83 ↑ +16%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $5.83 ↑ +16%
BCBS TN Blue Care $7.19 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial $7.85 ↑ +56%
EHN Network Lease $8.10 ↑ +61%
Ambetter Exchange $9.38 ↑ +86%
Cigna IFP $10.40 ↑ +106%
Cigna Local Plus $10.44 ↑ +107%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $10.80 ↑ +114%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $10.93 ↑ +117%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $10.93 ↑ +117%
Cigna POS $11.35 ↑ +125%
Cigna OAP $11.35 ↑ +125%
Cigna HMO $11.35 ↑ +125%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $11.70 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $12.60 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $13.50 ↑ +168%
Direct Care America PPO $14.40 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $14.40 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $14.40 ↑ +186%
Beech Street PPO $15.30 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $15.30 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $15.84 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $16.20 ↑ +221%

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