Heparin assay 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

$59.36

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.

$212.00

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.

$5.89 with Wellpoint vs $190.80 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 $5.89 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Tenncare $8.38 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $13.09 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Options PPO $13.09 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $13.09 ↓ -78%
Optum VA CCN $14.02 ↓ -76%
Tricare Humana Military $14.02 ↓ -76%
Humana DSNP $14.44 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $14.44 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $14.44 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $14.44 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.44 ↓ -76%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $14.58 ↓ -75%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $14.58 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health PPO $14.72 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $14.72 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $14.72 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $14.72 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.72 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $14.72 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $14.72 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health HMO $14.72 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare PPO $14.72 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare HMO $14.72 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $14.72 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $14.72 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $14.72 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $14.72 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare DSNP $14.72 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $14.72 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint DSNP $14.72 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $14.72 ↓ -75%
BCBS TN Blue Care $18.19 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial $19.83 ↓ -67%
Ambetter Exchange $23.69 ↓ -60%
Cigna IFP $27.07 ↓ -54%
Cigna Local Plus $27.19 ↓ -54%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $27.65 ↓ -53%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $27.65 ↓ -53%
Cigna POS $29.55 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP $29.55 ↓ -50%
Cigna HMO $29.55 ↓ -50%
EHN Network Lease $95.40 ↑ +61%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $127.20 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $137.80 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $148.40 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $159.00 ↑ +168%
Direct Care America PPO $169.60 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $169.60 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $169.60 ↑ +186%
Beech Street PPO $180.20 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $180.20 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $186.56 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $190.80 ↑ +221%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $140.10 $4.71 – $50.81
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $54.76 $11.63 – $129.50
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Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $140.10 $9.18 – $50.81
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