Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
1901 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942294814
$160.71
Cash price 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.
$487.00
Gross charge 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 $438.30 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $50.10 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $52.56 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $89.57 | ↓ -44% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $94.85 | ↓ -41% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $94.85 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $97.70 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $97.70 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | DSNP | $97.70 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $97.70 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $97.70 | ↓ -39% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $98.64 | ↓ -39% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $98.64 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $99.59 | ↓ -38% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $104.51 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | IFP | $125.29 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $125.83 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | OAP | $136.78 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | POS | $136.78 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | HMO | $136.78 | ↓ -15% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $219.15 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $229.76 | ↑ +43% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $229.76 | ↑ +43% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $229.76 | ↑ +43% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $275.24 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $291.00 | ↑ +81% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $292.20 | ↑ +82% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $316.55 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $325.00 | ↑ +102% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $340.90 | ↑ +112% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $365.25 | ↑ +127% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $365.25 | ↑ +127% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $389.60 | ↑ +142% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $389.60 | ↑ +142% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $389.60 | ↑ +142% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $413.95 | ↑ +158% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $428.56 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $438.30 | ↑ +173% |
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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $146.10 | $50.10 – $438.30 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $227.85 | $40.08 – $179.33 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $281.50 | $59.65 – $665.70 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $235.29 | $40.08 – $194.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $402.28 | $59.65 – $665.70 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $96.45 | $46.49 – $212.67 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $227.54 | $40.08 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $227.54 | $40.08 – $179.33 |