CT guidance for needle placement at Claiborne Medical Center
1850 Old Knoxville Rd, Tazewell, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942205166
$379.40
Cash price 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.
$1,355.00
Gross charge 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.
$87.91 with BCBS TN vs $1,219.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $87.91 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $415.80 | ↑ +10% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $449.01 | ↑ +18% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $548.00 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $548.00 | ↑ +44% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $609.75 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna | IFP | $688.34 | ↑ +81% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $688.34 | ↑ +81% |
| Cigna | OAP | $810.29 | ↑ +114% |
| Cigna | HMO | $810.29 | ↑ +114% |
| Cigna | POS | $810.29 | ↑ +114% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $813.00 | ↑ +114% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $833.00 | ↑ +120% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $880.75 | ↑ +132% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $948.50 | ↑ +150% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $980.00 | ↑ +158% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $1,016.25 | ↑ +168% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $1,084.00 | ↑ +186% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $1,084.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $1,084.00 | ↑ +186% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $1,146.00 | ↑ +202% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $1,151.75 | ↑ +204% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $1,151.75 | ↑ +204% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $1,192.40 | ↑ +214% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,219.50 | ↑ +221% |
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CT guidance for needle placement at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $567.44 | $75.76 – $562.72 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $109.52 | $74.00 – $1,467.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $156.51 | $77.70 – $1,467.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $559.65 | $101.77 – $427.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $567.44 | $75.76 – $551.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $567.44 | $75.76 – $551.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $567.44 | $75.76 – $551.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $567.44 | $75.76 – $551.54 |