Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card 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

$1,303.17

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.

$3,949.00

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.

$829.29 with BCBS TN vs $9,765.00 with Aetna — 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $829.29 ↓ -36%
EHN Network Lease $1,777.05 ↑ +36%
Cigna IFP $2,006.09 ↑ +54%
Cigna Local Plus $2,006.09 ↑ +54%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna POS $2,361.50 ↑ +81%
Cigna HMO $2,361.50 ↑ +81%
Cigna OAP $2,361.50 ↑ +81%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $2,369.40 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $2,566.85 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $2,764.30 ↑ +112%
Tricare Humana Military $2,941.32 ↑ +126%
Optum VA CCN $2,941.32 ↑ +126%
Beech Street PPO $2,961.75 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $2,961.75 ↑ +127%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $3,029.56 ↑ +132%
Humana DSNP $3,029.56 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $3,029.56 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,029.56 ↑ +132%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $3,029.56 ↑ +132%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $3,058.97 ↑ +135%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $3,058.97 ↑ +135%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Devoted Health HMO $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
United Healthcare DSNP $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Cigna Medicare PPO $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Cigna Medicare HMO $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Wellpoint DSNP $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Devoted Health PPO $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $3,088.39 ↑ +137%
National Provider Network PPO $3,159.20 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $3,159.20 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $3,159.20 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $3,356.65 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare Tenncare $3,391.00 ↑ +160%
Initial Group PPO $3,475.12 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,554.10 ↑ +173%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $3,560.83 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $4,587.00 ↑ +252%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $4,965.00 ↑ +281%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $5,394.00 ↑ +314%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $6,253.00 ↑ +380%
United Healthcare Options PPO $6,582.00 ↑ +405%
Aetna Commercial $9,765.00 ↑ +649%

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Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $1,184.70 $829.29 – $3,554.10
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $7,324.91 $470.57 – $12,570.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $4,783.36 $700.35 – $7,669.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $3,576.96 $2,555.16 – $5,873.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $6,835.68 $700.35 – $7,669.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $2,405.40 $545.86 – $6,594.90
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $7,324.91 $470.57 – $12,570.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $2,405.40 $545.86 – $6,594.90

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