Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands 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

$13.16

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.

$47.00

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.

$12.33 with Wellpoint vs $61.35 with Cigna — 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 $12.33 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Tenncare $12.87 ↓ -2%
EHN Network Lease $21.15 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $27.39 ↑ +108%
United Healthcare Options PPO $27.39 ↑ +108%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $27.39 ↑ +108%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $28.20 ↑ +114%
Optum VA CCN $29.33 ↑ +123%
Tricare Humana Military $29.33 ↑ +123%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $30.21 ↑ +130%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $30.21 ↑ +130%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $30.21 ↑ +130%
Humana DSNP $30.21 ↑ +130%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $30.21 ↑ +130%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $30.50 ↑ +132%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $30.50 ↑ +132%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $30.55 ↑ +132%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $30.80 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $30.80 ↑ +134%
Devoted Health HMO $30.80 ↑ +134%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $30.80 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare DSNP $30.80 ↑ +134%
Devoted Health PPO $30.80 ↑ +134%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $30.80 ↑ +134%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $30.80 ↑ +134%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.80 ↑ +134%
Cigna Medicare PPO $30.80 ↑ +134%
Cigna Medicare HMO $30.80 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $30.80 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $30.80 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $30.80 ↑ +134%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $30.80 ↑ +134%
Wellpoint DSNP $30.80 ↑ +134%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $30.80 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $30.80 ↑ +134%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $32.90 ↑ +150%
BCBS TN Blue Care $34.24 ↑ +160%
NovaNet Network Lease $35.25 ↑ +168%
Direct Care America PPO $37.60 ↑ +186%
National Provider Network PPO $37.60 ↑ +186%
MedSave USA Commercial $37.60 ↑ +186%
CCN Managed Care PPO $39.95 ↑ +204%
Beech Street PPO $39.95 ↑ +204%
Initial Group PPO $41.36 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial $41.49 ↑ +215%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $42.30 ↑ +221%
Ambetter Exchange $49.58 ↑ +277%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $52.04 ↑ +295%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $52.04 ↑ +295%
Cigna IFP $56.20 ↑ +327%
Cigna Local Plus $56.44 ↑ +329%
Cigna HMO $61.35 ↑ +366%
Cigna OAP $61.35 ↑ +366%
Cigna POS $61.35 ↑ +366%

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