Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$49.00

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.

$175.00

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.

$13.23 with United Healthcare vs $226.37 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $13.23 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $22.96 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $22.99 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Options PPO $22.99 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $22.99 ↓ -53%
Tricare Humana Military $28.10 ↓ -43%
Optum VA CCN $28.10 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $28.94 ↓ -41%
Humana DSNP $28.94 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $28.94 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $28.94 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $28.94 ↓ -41%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $29.22 ↓ -40%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $29.22 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $29.51 ↓ -40%
Devoted Health HMO $29.51 ↓ -40%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $29.51 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare DSNP $29.51 ↓ -40%
Devoted Health PPO $29.51 ↓ -40%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $29.51 ↓ -40%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $29.51 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $29.51 ↓ -40%
Cigna Medicare PPO $29.51 ↓ -40%
Cigna Medicare HMO $29.51 ↓ -40%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $29.51 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint DSNP $29.51 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $29.51 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $29.51 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $29.51 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $29.51 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $29.51 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $29.51 ↓ -40%
BCBS TN Blue Care $46.10 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial $62.51 ↑ +28%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $70.07 ↑ +43%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $70.07 ↑ +43%
EHN Network Lease $78.75 ↑ +61%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $105.00 ↑ +114%
Cigna IFP $106.94 ↑ +118%
Cigna Local Plus $107.41 ↑ +119%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $113.75 ↑ +132%
Cigna POS $116.75 ↑ +138%
Cigna OAP $116.75 ↑ +138%
Cigna HMO $116.75 ↑ +138%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $122.50 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $131.25 ↑ +168%
National Provider Network PPO $140.00 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $140.00 ↑ +186%
Direct Care America PPO $140.00 ↑ +186%
Beech Street PPO $148.75 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $148.75 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $154.00 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $157.50 ↑ +221%
Ambetter Exchange $226.37 ↑ +362%

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $26.81 $5.62 – $128.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.49 $5.62 – $44.72
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $52.50 $6.52 – $58.84
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $26.81 $5.62 – $128.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $26.81 $5.62 – $128.20
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $26.81 $8.40 – $128.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $26.81 $5.62 – $128.20
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $51.52 $6.52 – $122.86

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