Thyroid Ultrasound 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

$128.80

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.

$460.00

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.

$50.10 with BCBS TN vs $414.00 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $50.10 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Tenncare $52.56 ↓ -59%
Optum VA CCN $101.59 ↓ -21%
Tricare Humana Military $101.59 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $104.64 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $104.64 ↓ -19%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $104.64 ↓ -19%
Humana DSNP $104.64 ↓ -19%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $104.64 ↓ -19%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $105.65 ↓ -18%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $105.65 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $106.67 ↓ -17%
Devoted Health HMO $106.67 ↓ -17%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $106.67 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare DSNP $106.67 ↓ -17%
Devoted Health PPO $106.67 ↓ -17%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $106.67 ↓ -17%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $106.67 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $106.67 ↓ -17%
Cigna Medicare PPO $106.67 ↓ -17%
Cigna Medicare HMO $106.67 ↓ -17%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $106.67 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint DSNP $106.67 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $106.67 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $106.67 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $106.67 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $106.67 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $106.67 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $106.67 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $111.93 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $127.86 ↓ -1%
Cigna IFP $175.92 ↑ +37%
Cigna Local Plus $176.69 ↑ +37%
Cigna POS $192.05 ↑ +49%
Cigna HMO $192.05 ↑ +49%
Cigna OAP $192.05 ↑ +49%
EHN Network Lease $207.00 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $229.76 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $229.76 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Options PPO $229.76 ↑ +78%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $276.00 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $299.00 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $322.00 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $345.00 ↑ +168%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $347.00 ↑ +169%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $347.00 ↑ +169%
Ambetter Exchange $349.58 ↑ +171%
Direct Care America PPO $368.00 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $368.00 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $368.00 ↑ +186%
CCN Managed Care PPO $391.00 ↑ +204%
Beech Street PPO $391.00 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $404.80 ↑ +214%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $414.00 ↑ +221%

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Thyroid Ultrasound at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $200.45 $40.08 – $235.83
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $374.74 $59.65 – $886.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $235.06 $40.08 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $535.52 $59.65 – $886.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $46.49 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $289.56 $40.08 – $235.83
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $289.56 $40.08 – $235.83
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $289.52 $47.68 – $235.83

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