Assay of urine sulfate at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
1901 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942294814
$4.62
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.
$14.00
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.
$2.47 with Wellpoint vs $12.60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $2.47 | ↓ -47% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $3.04 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $5.49 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $5.49 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $5.49 | ↑ +19% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $5.49 | ↑ +19% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $5.49 | ↑ +19% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $5.65 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | DSNP | $5.65 | ↑ +22% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $5.65 | ↑ +22% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $5.65 | ↑ +22% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $5.65 | ↑ +22% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $5.71 | ↑ +24% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $5.71 | ↑ +24% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $5.76 | ↑ +25% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $6.30 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $6.86 | ↑ +48% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $8.31 | ↑ +80% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $8.40 | ↑ +82% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $9.10 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $9.61 | ↑ +108% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $9.80 | ↑ +112% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $9.94 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $10.43 | ↑ +126% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $10.50 | ↑ +127% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $10.50 | ↑ +127% |
| Cigna | IFP | $11.11 | ↑ +140% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $11.16 | ↑ +142% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $11.20 | ↑ +142% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $11.20 | ↑ +142% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $11.20 | ↑ +142% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $11.90 | ↑ +158% |
| Cigna | HMO | $12.13 | ↑ +163% |
| Cigna | POS | $12.13 | ↑ +163% |
| Cigna | OAP | $12.13 | ↑ +163% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $12.32 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $12.60 | ↑ +173% |
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Assay of urine sulfate at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $2.47 – $9.94 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $63.05 | $4.21 – $149.10 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $16.79 | $4.78 – $10.98 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $90.10 | $4.21 – $149.10 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $8.40 | $2.75 – $11.97 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $8.28 | $3.37 – $12.27 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $8.40 | $2.42 – $11.97 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $8.40 | $2.75 – $13.18 |