Access thoracic lymph duct 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

$113.19

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.

$343.00

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.

$131.00 with BCBS TN vs $3,419.00 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

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
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $131.00 ↑ +16%
EHN Network Lease $154.35 ↑ +36%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $155.00 ↑ +37%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $205.80 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $222.95 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $240.10 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $257.25 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $257.25 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $274.40 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $274.40 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $274.40 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $291.55 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare Tenncare $293.00 ↑ +159%
Initial Group PPO $301.84 ↑ +167%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $307.90 ↑ +172%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $308.70 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $433.00 ↑ +283%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $509.00 ↑ +350%
United Healthcare Options PPO $624.00 ↑ +451%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↑ +1291%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↑ +1675%
Cigna IFP $2,372.00 ↑ +1996%
Aetna Commercial $2,811.90 ↑ +2384%
Cigna Local Plus $2,857.00 ↑ +2424%
Cigna OAP $3,419.00 ↑ +2921%
Cigna HMO $3,419.00 ↑ +2921%
Cigna POS $3,419.00 ↑ +2921%

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Access thoracic lymph duct at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $102.90 $154.35 – $421.14
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $398.37 $269.11 – $269.11
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2,118.00 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $2,118.00 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $2,118.00 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $2,118.00 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $2,118.00 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $2,118.00 – $2,225.50

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