Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$12.60

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.

$45.00

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.

$10.08 with Wellpoint vs $49.98 with Cigna — 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 $10.08 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Tenncare $12.38 ↓ -2%
EHN Network Lease $20.25 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Options PPO $22.41 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $22.41 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $22.41 ↑ +78%
Optum VA CCN $24.00 ↑ +90%
Tricare Humana Military $24.00 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $24.72 ↑ +96%
Humana DSNP $24.72 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $24.72 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $24.72 ↑ +96%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $24.72 ↑ +96%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $24.96 ↑ +98%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $24.96 ↑ +98%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $25.20 ↑ +100%
Devoted Health HMO $25.20 ↑ +100%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $25.20 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare DSNP $25.20 ↑ +100%
Devoted Health PPO $25.20 ↑ +100%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $25.20 ↑ +100%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $25.20 ↑ +100%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Medicare PPO $25.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Medicare HMO $25.20 ↑ +100%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $25.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $25.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $25.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $25.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $25.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $25.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $25.20 ↑ +100%
Wellpoint DSNP $25.20 ↑ +100%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $27.00 ↑ +114%
BCBS TN Blue Care $28.01 ↑ +122%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $29.25 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $31.50 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $33.75 ↑ +168%
Aetna Commercial $33.95 ↑ +169%
Direct Care America PPO $36.00 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $36.00 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $36.00 ↑ +186%
CCN Managed Care PPO $38.25 ↑ +204%
Beech Street PPO $38.25 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $39.60 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $40.50 ↑ +221%
Ambetter Exchange $40.56 ↑ +222%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $42.58 ↑ +238%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $42.58 ↑ +238%
Cigna IFP $45.78 ↑ +263%
Cigna Local Plus $45.98 ↑ +265%
Cigna HMO $49.98 ↑ +297%
Cigna OAP $49.98 ↑ +297%
Cigna POS $49.98 ↑ +297%

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $29.01 $17.19 – $68.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $50.14 $19.50 – $44.82
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $41.46 $17.19 – $68.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $33.90 $11.21 – $48.85
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $33.35 $13.70 – $49.08
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $33.90 $9.86 – $48.85
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $33.90 $11.21 – $53.78
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $33.90 $11.21 – $48.85

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