Rabies immune globulin cost in TN
What a rabies immune globulin costs at TN hospitals — and the fair price to aim for.
Typical commercial prices here are 6% below the fair benchmark (0.94×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Balances commercial hospital prices against CMS clinical safety, infection control, and patient experience.
Aligned Regional Benchmark Peer
Marshall Medical Center prices shoppable and inpatient services (1.1× to 1.0× Medicare, divergence 0.91×) in alignment with regional hospital peers (0.93× Fair BaseRate). Reviewing plan-specific negotiated rates and cash discounts helps lock in the lowest out-of-pocket tier.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Elective shoppable care is priced 7% below peer Fair BaseRate (0.93×)
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 61% of shoppable procedures (99/100 Cash Honesty)
- CMS clinical safety score (70/100 safety score) with 72% patient recommendation
- Binding Good Faith Estimate rights under 45 CFR § 149.610 protect self-pay patients before scheduling
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 1.4× markup over Medicare rates
- Commercial insurance median sits at 0.94× Fair BaseRate (1.1× Medicare), so insured patients should always compare the self-pay cash price before paying.
- Even at low-cost facilities (0.94× Fair BaseRate), out-of-network or unnegotiated chargemaster bills can exceed commercial medians — confirm in-network status or request a self-pay cash quote up front.
- Consolidated metro market (HHI 10,000) limits in-network hospital competition (Highly Concentrated Monopoly (>2,500))
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
In general, TN hospitals charge about the fair price for this. how we calculate the BaseRate →
Compared with the rest of the country, TN’s fair BaseRate ($313) is about the same as the national fair price of $336.
Cheapest TN hospitals for a rabies immune globulin
- Marshall Medical Center · Lewisburg $228
- Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association · Morristown $261
- Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center · Knoxville $261
- Williamson Medical Center · Franklin $278
- University Health System, Inc · Knoxville $278
- Leconte Medical Center · Sevierville $279
- Lafollette Medical Center · La Follette $281
- Unity Medical Center · Manchester $286
- Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital · Jefferson City $287
- Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical Center · Newport $287
- Affiliate of Vitruvian Health · Cleveland $288
- West Tennessee Healthcare Henry County Hospital · Paris $288
- Jackson-Madison County General Hospital · Jackson $289
- Physicians Regional Medical Center · Powell $290
- Greeneville Community Hospital · Greeneville $290
Audit a Bill or Quote at TN Hospital Benchmark (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $265
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $265).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask TN Hospital Benchmark's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $313 Fair BaseRate ($182 Medicare)
Your bill ($730) is $417 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($313) and 4.0× the $182 Medicare rate.