Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides 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

$86.80

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.

$310.00

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.

$30.28 with BCBS TN vs $359.07 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $30.28 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $36.58 ↓ -58%
EHN Network Lease $40.95 ↓ -53%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $46.02 ↓ -47%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $46.02 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Tenncare $48.44 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $49.40 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $49.47 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Options PPO $49.47 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $49.47 ↓ -43%
Tricare Humana Military $50.64 ↓ -42%
Optum VA CCN $50.64 ↓ -42%
Humana DSNP $52.16 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $52.16 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $52.16 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $52.16 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $52.16 ↓ -40%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $52.67 ↓ -39%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $52.67 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $53.17 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health HMO $53.17 ↓ -39%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $53.17 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare DSNP $53.17 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health PPO $53.17 ↓ -39%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $53.17 ↓ -39%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $53.17 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $53.17 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare PPO $53.17 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare HMO $53.17 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $53.17 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint DSNP $53.17 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $53.17 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $53.17 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $53.17 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $53.17 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $53.17 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $53.17 ↓ -39%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $54.60 ↓ -37%
Cigna IFP $57.98 ↓ -33%
Cigna Local Plus $58.24 ↓ -33%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $59.15 ↓ -32%
Cigna HMO $63.30 ↓ -27%
Cigna POS $63.30 ↓ -27%
Cigna OAP $63.30 ↓ -27%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $63.70 ↓ -27%
NovaNet Network Lease $68.25 ↓ -21%
National Provider Network PPO $72.80 ↓ -16%
MedSave USA Commercial $72.80 ↓ -16%
Direct Care America PPO $72.80 ↓ -16%
Beech Street PPO $77.35 ↓ -11%
CCN Managed Care PPO $77.35 ↓ -11%
Initial Group PPO $80.08 ↓ -8%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $81.90 ↓ -6%
Ambetter Exchange $359.07 ↑ +314%

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Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $29.60 $9.57 – $104.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $38.19 $14.24 – $93.21
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $54.57 $14.24 – $93.21
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $68.40 $11.10 – $121.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $29.60 $9.57 – $113.47
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $29.60 $9.57 – $113.47
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $29.60 $14.30 – $113.47
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $29.60 $9.57 – $113.47

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