Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$36.68

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.

$131.00

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.

$15.24 with Wellpoint vs $117.90 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 $15.24 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Tenncare $21.66 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $33.86 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Options PPO $33.86 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $33.86 ↓ -8%
Optum VA CCN $36.26 ↓ -1%
Tricare Humana Military $36.26 ↓ -1%
Humana DSNP $37.35 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $37.35 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $37.35 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $37.35 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $37.35 ↑ +2%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $37.71 ↑ +3%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $37.71 ↑ +3%
Devoted Health PPO $38.07 ↑ +4%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $38.07 ↑ +4%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $38.07 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $38.07 ↑ +4%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $38.07 ↑ +4%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $38.07 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $38.07 ↑ +4%
Devoted Health HMO $38.07 ↑ +4%
Cigna Medicare PPO $38.07 ↑ +4%
Cigna Medicare HMO $38.07 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $38.07 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $38.07 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $38.07 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $38.07 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare DSNP $38.07 ↑ +4%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $38.07 ↑ +4%
Wellpoint DSNP $38.07 ↑ +4%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $38.07 ↑ +4%
BCBS TN Blue Care $47.03 ↑ +28%
Aetna Commercial $51.30 ↑ +40%
EHN Network Lease $58.95 ↑ +61%
Ambetter Exchange $61.29 ↑ +67%
Cigna IFP $69.39 ↑ +89%
Cigna Local Plus $69.69 ↑ +90%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $71.48 ↑ +95%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $71.48 ↑ +95%
Cigna POS $75.75 ↑ +107%
Cigna OAP $75.75 ↑ +107%
Cigna HMO $75.75 ↑ +107%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $78.60 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $85.15 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $91.70 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $98.25 ↑ +168%
Direct Care America PPO $104.80 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $104.80 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $104.80 ↑ +186%
Beech Street PPO $111.35 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $111.35 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $115.28 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $117.90 ↑ +221%

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $28.53 $12.19 – $130.95
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $39.96 $30.08 – $94.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $57.11 $28.35 – $94.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.75 $16.93 – $73.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $28.53 $23.75 – $130.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $28.53 $23.75 – $130.95
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $28.53 $23.75 – $130.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $28.53 $30.47 – $130.95

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