Brachy source yttrium-90 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

$13,015.27

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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$39,440.20

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.

$8,253.87 with United Healthcare vs $35,496.18 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.

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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
United Healthcare Tenncare $8,253.87 ↓ -37%
BCBS TN Blue Care $8,282.44 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial $8,676.84 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $11,043.25 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $11,043.25 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Options PPO $11,832.06 ↓ -9%
Optum VA CCN $15,781.37 ↑ +21%
Tricare Humana Military $15,781.37 ↑ +21%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $15,936.90 ↑ +22%
Humana DSNP $16,254.81 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16,254.81 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $16,254.81 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $16,254.81 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $16,254.81 ↑ +25%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $16,412.62 ↑ +26%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $16,412.62 ↑ +26%
Cigna Medicare PPO $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Devoted Health HMO $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare DSNP $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Devoted Health PPO $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Cigna Medicare HMO $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Wellpoint DSNP $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $16,570.44 ↑ +27%
Cigna IFP $16,762.08 ↑ +29%
EHN Network Lease $17,748.09 ↑ +36%
Cigna POS $19,720.10 ↑ +52%
Cigna Local Plus $19,720.10 ↑ +52%
Cigna HMO $19,720.10 ↑ +52%
Ambetter Exchange $19,720.10 ↑ +52%
Cigna OAP $19,720.10 ↑ +52%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $23,664.12 ↑ +82%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $23,664.12 ↑ +82%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $23,664.12 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $25,636.13 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $27,608.14 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $29,580.15 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $29,580.15 ↑ +127%
National Provider Network PPO $31,552.16 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $31,552.16 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $31,552.16 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $33,524.17 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $34,707.37 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $35,496.18 ↑ +173%

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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $11,832.06 $8,253.87 – $35,496.18
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $13,053.60 $8,820.00 – $44,100.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $18,654.30 $9,261.00 – $44,100.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20,551.20 $14,144.65 – $38,740.80
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $20,551.20 $5,657.86 – $38,740.80
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $20,551.20 $9,429.77 – $42,650.42
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $20,551.20 $14,144.65 – $38,740.80
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $20,551.20 $9,429.77 – $42,650.42

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