Specific gravity body fluid 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.

$1.48 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 $1.48 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1.61 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $3.28 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3.28 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $3.28 ↓ -31%
Optum VA CCN $3.51 ↓ -26%
Tricare Humana Military $3.51 ↓ -26%
Humana DSNP $3.62 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $3.62 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $3.62 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $3.62 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3.62 ↓ -24%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $3.65 ↓ -23%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $3.65 ↓ -23%
Devoted Health PPO $3.69 ↓ -22%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $3.69 ↓ -22%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $3.69 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $3.69 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -22%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $3.69 ↓ -22%
Devoted Health HMO $3.69 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare PPO $3.69 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare HMO $3.69 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $3.69 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $3.69 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $3.69 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $3.69 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare DSNP $3.69 ↓ -22%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $3.69 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint DSNP $3.69 ↓ -22%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -22%
BCBS TN Blue Care $4.10 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial $4.97 ↑ +4%
Ambetter Exchange $5.94 ↑ +25%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $6.23 ↑ +31%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $6.23 ↑ +31%
Cigna IFP $6.94 ↑ +46%
Cigna Local Plus $6.97 ↑ +46%
Cigna POS $7.58 ↑ +59%
Cigna OAP $7.58 ↑ +59%
Cigna HMO $7.58 ↑ +59%
EHN Network Lease $7.65 ↑ +61%
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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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $29.67 $1.18 – $10.16
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