Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

$373.89

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$1,133.00

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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.

$509.85 with EHN 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.

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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
EHN Network Lease $509.85 ↑ +36%
Tricare Humana Military $670.54 ↑ +79%
Optum VA CCN $670.54 ↑ +79%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $679.80 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $690.66 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $690.66 ↑ +85%
Humana DSNP $690.66 ↑ +85%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $690.66 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $690.66 ↑ +85%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $697.36 ↑ +87%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $697.36 ↑ +87%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $704.07 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health HMO $704.07 ↑ +88%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $704.07 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare DSNP $704.07 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health PPO $704.07 ↑ +88%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $704.07 ↑ +88%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $704.07 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $704.07 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint DSNP $704.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $704.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $704.07 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare PPO $704.07 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare HMO $704.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $704.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $704.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $704.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $704.07 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $704.07 ↑ +88%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $736.45 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $793.10 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $849.75 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $849.75 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $906.40 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $906.40 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $906.40 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $963.05 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $997.04 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,019.70 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,066.00 ↑ +185%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,200.00 ↑ +221%
Cigna IFP $1,250.00 ↑ +234%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $1,254.00 ↑ +235%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,259.81 ↑ +237%
Aetna Commercial $1,349.71 ↑ +261%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,526.00 ↑ +308%
Cigna Local Plus $1,532.00 ↑ +310%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↑ +321%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $1,685.00 ↑ +351%
Cigna HMO $1,802.00 ↑ +382%
Cigna POS $1,802.00 ↑ +382%
Cigna OAP $1,802.00 ↑ +382%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,887.00 ↑ +405%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↑ +437%

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $69.64 – $704.07
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $459.69 $310.60 – $1,087.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $656.92 $326.13 – $1,087.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $114.15 $282.67 – $1,503.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $353.28 $527.62 – $1,004.50
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $114.15 $113.07 – $1,503.46
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $114.15 $188.45 – $1,528.45
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $114.15 $282.67 – $1,462.87

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