Tazewell, Tennessee: the hospital's own report to Medicare
What Claiborne Medical Center pays nurses per hour
Average hourly wages in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, from the hospital's report to Medicare: the 72nd highest registered nurse average of 72 Tennessee hospitals. It is Covenant Health's, hiring on this site.
Claiborne Medical Center: common questions
How much does Claiborne Medical Center pay registered nurses per hour?
Claiborne Medical Center in Tazewell, TN reported an average of $34.24 per registered nurse hour to Medicare's occupational mix survey (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits): the 72nd highest of 72 Tennessee hospitals. Tennessee's hospitals together averaged $52.96 an hour, all US hospitals $60.42 an hour. An average over every RN hour, staff and travel nurses together, not a starting rate.
What does Claiborne Medical Center pay LPNs and nursing aides?
Licensed practical nurse hours averaged $24.52 an hour (Tennessee $35.42). Nursing aide hours averaged $16.48 an hour (Tennessee $22.53).
What is Claiborne Medical Center's Medicare star rating?
no star rating in Medicare's overall rating; 88% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well, and 65% would definitely recommend it. It was not among the hospitals Medicare penalized for patient harm in fiscal year 2026. It is a government hospital (every Tennessee hospital by rating).
Is Claiborne Medical Center hiring nurses?
It is Covenant Health's, and Covenant Health's open jobs are on this site, read from its own job board. Every registered nurse job in Tennessee.
Sources and method
The hospital's survey wages over its paid hours for each category, its own and contract staff together, before benefits; the state's over all its hospitals' hours. Medicare number 440057. Read 10 Nov 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare wage index occupational mix survey (FY 2027 April public use file)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital (Care Compare)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). What Claiborne Medical Center pays nurses per hour. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/hospital-nurse-pay/tennessee/claiborne-medical-center