Cholesterol 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

$8.68

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.

$31.00

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.

$1.96 with Wellpoint vs $27.90 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 $1.96 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Tenncare $2.79 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $4.35 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Options PPO $4.35 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $4.35 ↓ -50%
Optum VA CCN $4.66 ↓ -46%
Tricare Humana Military $4.66 ↓ -46%
Humana DSNP $4.80 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $4.80 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $4.80 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $4.80 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.80 ↓ -45%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $4.85 ↓ -44%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $4.85 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health PPO $4.89 ↓ -44%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $4.89 ↓ -44%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $4.89 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $4.89 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.89 ↓ -44%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $4.89 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $4.89 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health HMO $4.89 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare PPO $4.89 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare HMO $4.89 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $4.89 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $4.89 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $4.89 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $4.89 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare DSNP $4.89 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $4.89 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint DSNP $4.89 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $4.89 ↓ -44%
BCBS TN Blue Care $6.05 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial $6.59 ↓ -24%
Ambetter Exchange $7.87 ↓ -9%
Cigna IFP $9.02 ↑ +4%
Cigna Local Plus $9.06 ↑ +4%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $9.20 ↑ +6%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $9.20 ↑ +6%
Cigna POS $9.85 ↑ +13%
Cigna OAP $9.85 ↑ +13%
Cigna HMO $9.85 ↑ +13%
EHN Network Lease $13.95 ↑ +61%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $18.60 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $20.15 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $21.70 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $23.25 ↑ +168%
Direct Care America PPO $24.80 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $24.80 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $24.80 ↑ +186%
Beech Street PPO $26.35 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $26.35 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $27.28 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $27.90 ↑ +221%

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