Blood gases ph venous 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

$20.79

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.

$63.00

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.

$4.95 with Wellpoint vs $24.23 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
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $4.95 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Tenncare $5.42 ↓ -74%
EHN Network Lease $9.00 ↓ -57%
Optum VA CCN $11.00 ↓ -47%
Tricare Humana Military $11.00 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Options PPO $11.00 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $11.00 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $11.00 ↓ -47%
Humana DSNP $11.33 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.33 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $11.33 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $11.33 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $11.33 ↓ -46%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $11.44 ↓ -45%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $11.44 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $11.55 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health HMO $11.55 ↓ -44%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $11.55 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare DSNP $11.55 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health PPO $11.55 ↓ -44%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $11.55 ↓ -44%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $11.55 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.55 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare PPO $11.55 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare HMO $11.55 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $11.55 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $11.55 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $11.55 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $11.55 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $11.55 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $11.55 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $11.55 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint DSNP $11.55 ↓ -44%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $12.00 ↓ -42%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $13.00 ↓ -37%
BCBS TN Blue Care $13.75 ↓ -34%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $14.00 ↓ -33%
NovaNet Network Lease $15.00 ↓ -28%
Beech Street PPO $15.00 ↓ -28%
Direct Care America PPO $16.00 ↓ -23%
MedSave USA Commercial $16.00 ↓ -23%
National Provider Network PPO $16.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $16.67 ↓ -20%
CCN Managed Care PPO $17.00 ↓ -18%
Initial Group PPO $17.60 ↓ -15%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $18.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $19.25 ↓ -7%
Ambetter Exchange $19.91 ↓ -4%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $20.90 ↑ +1%
Cigna IFP $22.19 ↑ +7%
Cigna Local Plus $22.29 ↑ +7%
Cigna POS $24.23 ↑ +17%
Cigna OAP $24.23 ↑ +17%
Cigna HMO $24.23 ↑ +17%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $4.95 – $19.91
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $88.98 $3.38 – $35.01
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Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $88.98 $3.38 – $35.01
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