Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis 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

$13.16

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.

$47.00

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.

$5.07 with Wellpoint vs $42.30 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 $5.07 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Tenncare $7.20 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $11.26 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Options PPO $11.26 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $11.26 ↓ -14%
Optum VA CCN $12.06 ↓ -8%
Tricare Humana Military $12.06 ↓ -8%
Humana DSNP $12.42 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $12.42 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $12.42 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $12.42 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12.42 ↓ -6%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $12.54 ↓ -5%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $12.54 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health PPO $12.66 ↓ -4%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $12.66 ↓ -4%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $12.66 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $12.66 ↓ -4%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.66 ↓ -4%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $12.66 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $12.66 ↓ -4%
Devoted Health HMO $12.66 ↓ -4%
Cigna Medicare PPO $12.66 ↓ -4%
Cigna Medicare HMO $12.66 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $12.66 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $12.66 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $12.66 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $12.66 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare DSNP $12.66 ↓ -4%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $12.66 ↓ -4%
Wellpoint DSNP $12.66 ↓ -4%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $12.66 ↓ -4%
BCBS TN Blue Care $15.64 ↑ +19%
Aetna Commercial $17.06 ↑ +30%
Ambetter Exchange $20.38 ↑ +55%
EHN Network Lease $21.15 ↑ +61%
Cigna IFP $22.90 ↑ +74%
Cigna Local Plus $23.00 ↑ +75%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $23.77 ↑ +81%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $23.77 ↑ +81%
Cigna POS $25.00 ↑ +90%
Cigna OAP $25.00 ↑ +90%
Cigna HMO $25.00 ↑ +90%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $28.20 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $30.55 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $32.90 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $35.25 ↑ +168%
Direct Care America PPO $37.60 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $37.60 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $37.60 ↑ +186%
Beech Street PPO $39.95 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $39.95 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $41.36 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $42.30 ↑ +221%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $9.42 $4.05 – $44.02
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $22.05 $5.63 – $24.55
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Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $9.42 $7.90 – $44.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $9.42 $10.13 – $44.02
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $21.39 $7.98 – $24.54
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $22.05 $5.07 – $24.55

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