Chest X-ray (single view) 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

$45.36

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.

$162.00

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.

$9.75 with BCBS TN vs $163.61 with United Healthcare — 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $9.75 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial $23.82 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Tenncare $28.97 ↓ -36%
Cigna IFP $35.79 ↓ -21%
Cigna Local Plus $35.95 ↓ -21%
Cigna OAP $39.08 ↓ -14%
Cigna HMO $39.08 ↓ -14%
Cigna POS $39.08 ↓ -14%
EHN Network Lease $72.90 ↑ +61%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $79.70 ↑ +76%
Ambetter Exchange $80.13 ↑ +77%
Tricare Humana Military $84.56 ↑ +86%
Optum VA CCN $84.56 ↑ +86%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $87.10 ↑ +92%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $87.10 ↑ +92%
Humana DSNP $87.10 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $87.10 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $87.10 ↑ +92%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $87.94 ↑ +94%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $87.94 ↑ +94%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $88.79 ↑ +96%
Devoted Health HMO $88.79 ↑ +96%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $88.79 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare DSNP $88.79 ↑ +96%
Devoted Health PPO $88.79 ↑ +96%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $88.79 ↑ +96%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $88.79 ↑ +96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $88.79 ↑ +96%
Cigna Medicare PPO $88.79 ↑ +96%
Cigna Medicare HMO $88.79 ↑ +96%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $88.79 ↑ +96%
Wellpoint DSNP $88.79 ↑ +96%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $88.79 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $88.79 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $88.79 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $88.79 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $88.79 ↑ +96%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $88.79 ↑ +96%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $97.20 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $105.30 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $113.40 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $121.50 ↑ +168%
Direct Care America PPO $129.60 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $129.60 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $129.60 ↑ +186%
CCN Managed Care PPO $137.70 ↑ +204%
Beech Street PPO $137.70 ↑ +204%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $141.00 ↑ +211%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $141.00 ↑ +211%
Initial Group PPO $142.56 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $145.80 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $163.61 ↑ +261%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $163.61 ↑ +261%
United Healthcare Options PPO $163.61 ↑ +261%

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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $106.05 $7.80 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $135.57 $11.61 – $320.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $92.00 $7.80 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $193.74 $11.61 – $320.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $65.85 $9.05 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $101.01 $7.80 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $101.22 $7.80 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $101.01 $11.33 – $127.70

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