Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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

$19.60

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.

$70.00

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.

$2.70 with Wellpoint vs $38.70 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 $2.70 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Tenncare $3.84 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $5.99 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Options PPO $5.99 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $5.99 ↓ -69%
Optum VA CCN $6.42 ↓ -67%
Tricare Humana Military $6.42 ↓ -67%
Humana DSNP $6.61 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $6.61 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $6.61 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $6.61 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.61 ↓ -66%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $6.68 ↓ -66%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $6.68 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health PPO $6.74 ↓ -66%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $6.74 ↓ -66%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $6.74 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $6.74 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.74 ↓ -66%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $6.74 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $6.74 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health HMO $6.74 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare PPO $6.74 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare HMO $6.74 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $6.74 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $6.74 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $6.74 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $6.74 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare DSNP $6.74 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $6.74 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint DSNP $6.74 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $6.74 ↓ -66%
BCBS TN Blue Care $8.33 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial $9.07 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Exchange $10.84 ↓ -45%
Cigna IFP $12.48 ↓ -36%
Cigna Local Plus $12.54 ↓ -36%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $12.65 ↓ -35%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $12.65 ↓ -35%
Cigna POS $13.63 ↓ -30%
Cigna OAP $13.63 ↓ -30%
Cigna HMO $13.63 ↓ -30%
EHN Network Lease $19.35 ↓ -1%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $25.80 ↑ +32%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $27.95 ↑ +43%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $30.10 ↑ +54%
NovaNet Network Lease $32.25 ↑ +65%
Direct Care America PPO $34.40 ↑ +76%
MedSave USA Commercial $34.40 ↑ +76%
National Provider Network PPO $34.40 ↑ +76%
Beech Street PPO $36.55 ↑ +86%
CCN Managed Care PPO $36.55 ↑ +86%
Initial Group PPO $37.84 ↑ +93%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $38.70 ↑ +97%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $81.65 $2.16 – $23.70
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Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $58.32 $4.21 – $23.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $58.32 $4.21 – $23.70

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