Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$7.56

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.

$27.00

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.

$1.93 with United Healthcare vs $9.00 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $1.93 ↓ -74%
Optum VA CCN $2.79 ↓ -63%
Tricare Humana Military $2.79 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $2.87 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2.87 ↓ -62%
Humana DSNP $2.87 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $2.87 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $2.87 ↓ -62%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $2.90 ↓ -62%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $2.90 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $2.93 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $2.93 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare DSNP $2.93 ↓ -61%
Devoted Health PPO $2.93 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $2.93 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $2.93 ↓ -61%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $2.93 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint DSNP $2.93 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $2.93 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $2.93 ↓ -61%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $2.93 ↓ -61%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $2.93 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $2.93 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2.93 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $2.93 ↓ -61%
Cigna Medicare PPO $2.93 ↓ -61%
Cigna Medicare HMO $2.93 ↓ -61%
Devoted Health HMO $2.93 ↓ -61%
BCBS TN Blue Care $3.19 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $3.20 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3.20 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $3.20 ↓ -58%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $3.29 ↓ -56%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $3.29 ↓ -56%
Cigna Local Plus $3.38 ↓ -55%
Cigna HMO $3.38 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $3.38 ↓ -55%
Cigna POS $3.38 ↓ -55%
Cigna IFP $3.38 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $3.71 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial $3.87 ↓ -49%
EHN Network Lease $4.50 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Exchange $5.00 ↓ -34%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $6.00 ↓ -21%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $6.50 ↓ -14%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $7.00 ↓ -7%
NovaNet Network Lease $7.50 ↓ -1%
Direct Care America PPO $8.00 ↑ +6%
MedSave USA Commercial $8.00 ↑ +6%
National Provider Network PPO $8.00 ↑ +6%
Beech Street PPO $8.50 ↑ +12%
CCN Managed Care PPO $8.50 ↑ +12%
Initial Group PPO $8.80 ↑ +16%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $9.00 ↑ +19%

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