Protein total serum plasma whole blood 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

$4.76

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.

$17.00

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.

$1.65 with Wellpoint vs $15.30 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 $1.65 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Tenncare $2.35 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $3.67 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3.67 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $3.67 ↓ -23%
Optum VA CCN $3.93 ↓ -17%
Tricare Humana Military $3.93 ↓ -17%
Humana DSNP $4.05 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $4.05 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $4.05 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $4.05 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.05 ↓ -15%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $4.09 ↓ -14%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $4.09 ↓ -14%
Devoted Health PPO $4.13 ↓ -13%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $4.13 ↓ -13%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $4.13 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $4.13 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.13 ↓ -13%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $4.13 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $4.13 ↓ -13%
Devoted Health HMO $4.13 ↓ -13%
Cigna Medicare PPO $4.13 ↓ -13%
Cigna Medicare HMO $4.13 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $4.13 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $4.13 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $4.13 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $4.13 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare DSNP $4.13 ↓ -13%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $4.13 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint DSNP $4.13 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $4.13 ↓ -13%
BCBS TN Blue Care $5.09 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $5.56 ↑ +17%
Ambetter Exchange $6.64 ↑ +39%
Cigna IFP $7.63 ↑ +60%
EHN Network Lease $7.65 ↑ +61%
Cigna Local Plus $7.66 ↑ +61%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $7.73 ↑ +62%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $7.73 ↑ +62%
Cigna POS $8.33 ↑ +75%
Cigna OAP $8.33 ↑ +75%
Cigna HMO $8.33 ↑ +75%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $10.20 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $11.05 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $11.90 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $12.75 ↑ +168%
Direct Care America PPO $13.60 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $13.60 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $13.60 ↑ +186%
Beech Street PPO $14.45 ↑ +204%
CCN Managed Care PPO $14.45 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $14.96 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $15.30 ↑ +221%

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Protein total serum plasma whole blood at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $42.81 $1.32 – $14.69
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $33.16 $3.26 – $78.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $35.19 $3.19 – $7.34
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $47.38 $3.26 – $78.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $6.45 $1.84 – $8.00
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $42.81 $2.57 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $42.81 $2.57 – $15.24
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $42.81 $2.57 – $19.30

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