Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
1901 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942294814
$646.80
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,960.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$642.47 with Optum vs $2,009.00 with Ambetter — 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 |
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| Optum | VA CCN | $642.47 | ↓ -1% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $642.47 | ↓ -1% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $661.74 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $661.74 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $661.74 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | DSNP | $661.74 | ↑ +2% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $661.74 | ↑ +2% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $668.17 | ↑ +3% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $668.17 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $674.59 | ↑ +4% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $882.00 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $1,066.00 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $1,155.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $1,176.00 | ↑ +82% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $1,200.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,250.00 | ↑ +93% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $1,254.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $1,259.81 | ↑ +95% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $1,274.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,349.71 | ↑ +109% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $1,372.00 | ↑ +112% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $1,470.00 | ↑ +127% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $1,470.00 | ↑ +127% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $1,526.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,532.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $1,568.00 | ↑ +142% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $1,568.00 | ↑ +142% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $1,568.00 | ↑ +142% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $1,666.00 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $1,685.00 | ↑ +161% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $1,724.80 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,764.00 | ↑ +173% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,802.00 | ↑ +179% |
| Cigna | POS | $1,802.00 | ↑ +179% |
| Cigna | OAP | $1,802.00 | ↑ +179% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $1,887.00 | ↑ +192% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $2,009.00 | ↑ +211% |
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Aspiration fine needle (fna) biopsy w/ultrasound guidance 1st lesion at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $588.00 | $88.18 – $1,764.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,267.59 | $606.45 – $998.50 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $804.83 | $543.80 – $1,903.30 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,150.14 | $570.99 – $1,903.30 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $511.95 | $544.15 – $1,440.52 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $1,267.59 | $597.71 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $1,267.59 | $597.71 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,267.59 | $606.45 – $1,004.50 |