Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step clostridium difficile toxin 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

$21.84

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.

$78.00

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.

$5.39 with Wellpoint vs $70.20 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 $5.39 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Tenncare $7.67 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $11.98 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Options PPO $11.98 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $11.98 ↓ -45%
Optum VA CCN $12.83 ↓ -41%
Tricare Humana Military $12.83 ↓ -41%
Humana DSNP $13.21 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $13.21 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $13.21 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $13.21 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.21 ↓ -40%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $13.34 ↓ -39%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $13.34 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health PPO $13.47 ↓ -38%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $13.47 ↓ -38%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $13.47 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $13.47 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.47 ↓ -38%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $13.47 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $13.47 ↓ -38%
Devoted Health HMO $13.47 ↓ -38%
Cigna Medicare PPO $13.47 ↓ -38%
Cigna Medicare HMO $13.47 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $13.47 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $13.47 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $13.47 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $13.47 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare DSNP $13.47 ↓ -38%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $13.47 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint DSNP $13.47 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $13.47 ↓ -38%
BCBS TN Blue Care $16.65 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial $18.14 ↓ -17%
Ambetter Exchange $21.68 ↓ -1%
Cigna IFP $24.27 ↑ +11%
Cigna Local Plus $24.38 ↑ +12%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $25.31 ↑ +16%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $25.31 ↑ +16%
Cigna POS $26.50 ↑ +21%
Cigna OAP $26.50 ↑ +21%
Cigna HMO $26.50 ↑ +21%
EHN Network Lease $35.10 ↑ +61%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $46.80 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $50.70 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $54.60 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $58.50 ↑ +168%
Direct Care America PPO $62.40 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $62.40 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $62.40 ↑ +186%
Beech Street PPO $66.30 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $66.30 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $68.64 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $70.20 ↑ +221%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step clostridium difficile toxin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $28.64 $4.31 – $46.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $33.45 $10.65 – $79.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $44.39 $10.42 – $23.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $47.80 $10.65 – $79.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20.10 $5.99 – $26.12
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $28.64 $8.42 – $46.28
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $28.64 $8.42 – $46.28
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $28.64 $8.42 – $46.28

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