Chlamydia culture 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

$14.52

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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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$44.00

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.

$8.82 with Wellpoint vs $43.93 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 $8.82 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Tenncare $12.54 ↓ -14%
Optum VA CCN $19.60 ↑ +35%
Tricare Humana Military $19.60 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Options PPO $19.60 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $19.60 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $19.60 ↑ +35%
EHN Network Lease $19.80 ↑ +36%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $20.19 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $20.19 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $20.19 ↑ +39%
Humana DSNP $20.19 ↑ +39%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $20.19 ↑ +39%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $20.38 ↑ +40%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $20.38 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $20.58 ↑ +42%
Devoted Health HMO $20.58 ↑ +42%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $20.58 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare DSNP $20.58 ↑ +42%
Devoted Health PPO $20.58 ↑ +42%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $20.58 ↑ +42%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $20.58 ↑ +42%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.58 ↑ +42%
Cigna Medicare PPO $20.58 ↑ +42%
Cigna Medicare HMO $20.58 ↑ +42%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $20.58 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $20.58 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $20.58 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $20.58 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $20.58 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $20.58 ↑ +42%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $20.58 ↑ +42%
Wellpoint DSNP $20.58 ↑ +42%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $26.40 ↑ +82%
BCBS TN Blue Care $27.21 ↑ +87%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $28.60 ↑ +97%
Aetna Commercial $29.70 ↑ +105%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $30.80 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $33.00 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $33.00 ↑ +127%
MedSave USA Commercial $35.20 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $35.20 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $35.20 ↑ +142%
Ambetter Exchange $35.48 ↑ +144%
CCN Managed Care PPO $37.40 ↑ +158%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $38.10 ↑ +162%
Initial Group PPO $38.72 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $39.60 ↑ +173%
Cigna IFP $40.24 ↑ +177%
Cigna Local Plus $40.41 ↑ +178%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $41.36 ↑ +185%
Cigna HMO $43.93 ↑ +203%
Cigna POS $43.93 ↑ +203%
Cigna OAP $43.93 ↑ +203%

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Chlamydia culture at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $27.72 $8.82 – $39.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $96.51 $7.06 – $75.62
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $45.88 $17.40 – $108.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $37.49 $17.05 – $39.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $65.57 $17.40 – $108.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $34.20 $9.80 – $42.73
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $96.51 $13.74 – $75.62
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $96.51 $13.74 – $75.62

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