Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$14.28

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.

$51.00

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.

$3.30 with Wellpoint vs $45.90 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 $3.30 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Tenncare $4.58 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $7.33 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Options PPO $7.33 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $7.33 ↓ -49%
Optum VA CCN $7.85 ↓ -45%
Tricare Humana Military $7.85 ↓ -45%
Humana DSNP $8.09 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $8.09 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $8.09 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $8.09 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.09 ↓ -43%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $8.16 ↓ -43%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $8.16 ↓ -43%
Devoted Health PPO $8.24 ↓ -42%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $8.24 ↓ -42%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $8.24 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $8.24 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.24 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $8.24 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $8.24 ↓ -42%
Devoted Health HMO $8.24 ↓ -42%
Cigna Medicare PPO $8.24 ↓ -42%
Cigna Medicare HMO $8.24 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $8.24 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $8.24 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $8.24 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $8.24 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare DSNP $8.24 ↓ -42%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $8.24 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint DSNP $8.24 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $8.24 ↓ -42%
BCBS TN Blue Care $9.94 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial $11.11 ↓ -22%
Ambetter Exchange $13.27 ↓ -7%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $15.11 ↑ +6%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $15.11 ↑ +6%
Cigna IFP $15.25 ↑ +7%
Cigna Local Plus $15.32 ↑ +7%
Cigna POS $16.65 ↑ +17%
Cigna OAP $16.65 ↑ +17%
Cigna HMO $16.65 ↑ +17%
EHN Network Lease $22.95 ↑ +61%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $30.60 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $33.15 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $35.70 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $38.25 ↑ +168%
Direct Care America PPO $40.80 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $40.80 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $40.80 ↑ +186%
Beech Street PPO $43.35 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $43.35 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $44.88 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $45.90 ↑ +221%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $54.47 $2.64 – $28.22
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $86.44 $6.36 – $204.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.72 $6.38 – $14.66
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $123.52 $6.36 – $204.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $12.60 $3.67 – $15.98
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $54.47 $5.02 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $54.47 $5.02 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $54.47 $5.02 – $28.22

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