Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

1901 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942294814

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$823.02

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$2,494.00

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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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$1,122.30 with EHN vs $4,595.00 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

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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

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
EHN Network Lease $1,122.30 ↑ +36%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,391.00 ↑ +69%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,496.40 ↑ +82%
Tricare Humana Military $1,498.45 ↑ +82%
Optum VA CCN $1,498.45 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,512.00 ↑ +84%
Humana DSNP $1,543.40 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,543.40 ↑ +88%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,543.40 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,543.40 ↑ +88%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,543.40 ↑ +88%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,558.39 ↑ +89%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,558.39 ↑ +89%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Devoted Health HMO $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare DSNP $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Devoted Health PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Wellpoint DSNP $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,573.37 ↑ +91%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↑ +91%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,621.10 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,745.80 ↑ +112%
Aetna Commercial $1,808.27 ↑ +120%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,870.50 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $1,870.50 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,894.00 ↑ +130%
National Provider Network PPO $1,995.20 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $1,995.20 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,995.20 ↑ +142%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,046.00 ↑ +149%
CCN Managed Care PPO $2,119.90 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $2,194.72 ↑ +167%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,227.00 ↑ +171%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,244.60 ↑ +173%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,290.00 ↑ +178%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,717.00 ↑ +230%
Cigna IFP $3,186.00 ↑ +287%
Ambetter Exchange $3,332.00 ↑ +305%
Cigna Local Plus $3,907.00 ↑ +375%
Cigna POS $4,595.00 ↑ +458%
Cigna OAP $4,595.00 ↑ +458%
Cigna HMO $4,595.00 ↑ +458%

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $748.20 $310.98 – $2,244.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,618.61 $1,534.53 – $3,142.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,338.52 $904.40 – $3,165.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,912.81 $949.62 – $3,165.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $1,161.30 $934.18 – $3,359.76
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,587.32 $526.32 – $3,160.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,587.32 $526.32 – $3,160.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,587.32 $526.32 – $3,160.00

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