Swallowing Therapy Session 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

$46.76

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.

$167.00

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.

$43.61 with United Healthcare vs $125.01 with BCBS TN — 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $43.61 ↓ -7%
BCBS TN Blue Care $100.01 ↑ +114%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $125.01 ↑ +167%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $125.01 ↑ +167%
Cigna HMO not published by hospital —
Cigna IFP not published by hospital —
Cigna Local Plus not published by hospital —
Cigna OAP not published by hospital —
Cigna POS not published by hospital —
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit not published by hospital —
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims not published by hospital —
Direct Care America PPO not published by hospital —
EHN Network Lease not published by hospital —
Galaxy Health Network PPO not published by hospital —
Initial Group PPO not published by hospital —
MedSave USA Commercial not published by hospital —
National Provider Network PPO not published by hospital —
NovaNet Network Lease not published by hospital —
United Healthcare All Other Plans not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Heritage Select not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Options PPO not published by hospital —
Aetna Commercial not published by hospital —
USA Managed Care Organization PPO not published by hospital —
Ambetter Exchange not published by hospital —
Beech Street PPO not published by hospital —
CCN Managed Care PPO not published by hospital —

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Swallowing Therapy Session at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $96.68 $32.09 – $190.37
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $149.19 $47.76 – $352.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $189.52 $32.09 – $88.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $213.20 $47.76 – $352.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $84.00 $37.22 – $175.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $112.47 $32.09 – $190.37
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $112.47 $32.09 – $190.37
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $107.12 $41.53 – $190.37

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