Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) 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

$12.04

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.

$43.00

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.

$2.72 with Wellpoint vs $13.63 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 $2.72 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Tenncare $3.86 ↓ -68%
EHN Network Lease $4.50 ↓ -63%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $6.00 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $6.04 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Options PPO $6.04 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $6.04 ↓ -50%
Tricare Humana Military $6.47 ↓ -46%
Optum VA CCN $6.47 ↓ -46%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $6.50 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.66 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $6.66 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $6.66 ↓ -45%
Humana DSNP $6.66 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $6.66 ↓ -45%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $6.73 ↓ -44%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $6.73 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $6.79 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $6.79 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health HMO $6.79 ↓ -44%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $6.79 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare DSNP $6.79 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health PPO $6.79 ↓ -44%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $6.79 ↓ -44%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $6.79 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.79 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare PPO $6.79 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare HMO $6.79 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $6.79 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $6.79 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $6.79 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $6.79 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint DSNP $6.79 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $6.79 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $6.79 ↓ -44%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $7.00 ↓ -42%
NovaNet Network Lease $7.50 ↓ -38%
Direct Care America PPO $8.00 ↓ -34%
MedSave USA Commercial $8.00 ↓ -34%
National Provider Network PPO $8.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS TN Blue Care $8.39 ↓ -30%
Beech Street PPO $8.50 ↓ -29%
CCN Managed Care PPO $8.50 ↓ -29%
Initial Group PPO $8.80 ↓ -27%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $9.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial $9.15 ↓ -24%
Ambetter Exchange $10.93 ↓ -9%
Cigna IFP $12.48 ↑ +4%
Cigna Local Plus $12.54 ↑ +4%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $12.75 ↑ +6%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $12.75 ↑ +6%
Cigna HMO $13.63 ↑ +13%
Cigna OAP $13.63 ↑ +13%
Cigna POS $13.63 ↑ +13%

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Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $34.23 $2.17 – $23.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $42.04 $5.36 – $99.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.72 $5.25 – $12.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $60.07 $5.36 – $99.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $10.50 $3.02 – $13.17
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $34.23 $4.24 – $23.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $34.23 $4.24 – $23.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $34.23 $4.24 – $23.70

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