Drain lower leg lesion 27603 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

$741.51

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.

$2,247.00

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.

$1,011.15 with EHN vs $4,220.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $1,011.15 ↑ +36%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,348.20 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,460.55 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,572.90 ↑ +112%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↑ +112%
Cigna IFP $1,674.00 ↑ +126%
Beech Street PPO $1,685.25 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,685.25 ↑ +127%
Ambetter Exchange $1,751.00 ↑ +136%
Direct Care America PPO $1,797.60 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $1,797.60 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,797.60 ↑ +142%
Aetna Commercial $1,808.27 ↑ +144%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,909.95 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $1,977.36 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,022.30 ↑ +173%
Cigna Local Plus $2,053.00 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare Tenncare $2,217.00 ↑ +199%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $2,328.05 ↑ +214%
Cigna OAP $2,416.00 ↑ +226%
Cigna HMO $2,416.00 ↑ +226%
Cigna POS $2,416.00 ↑ +226%
Optum VA CCN $2,635.37 ↑ +255%
Tricare Humana Military $2,635.37 ↑ +255%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $2,714.43 ↑ +266%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $2,714.43 ↑ +266%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,714.43 ↑ +266%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $2,714.43 ↑ +266%
Humana DSNP $2,714.43 ↑ +266%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $2,740.78 ↑ +270%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $2,740.78 ↑ +270%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Devoted Health HMO $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Cigna Medicare PPO $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Cigna Medicare HMO $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Wellpoint DSNP $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
United Healthcare DSNP $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Devoted Health PPO $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $2,767.14 ↑ +273%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,889.00 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $2,940.00 ↑ +296%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $3,234.00 ↑ +336%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $3,457.00 ↑ +366%
United Healthcare Options PPO $4,220.00 ↑ +469%

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Drain lower leg lesion 27603 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $567.53 – $2,767.14
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,306.25 $882.60 – $3,089.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,866.70 $926.73 – $3,089.10
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,765.02 $1,185.00 – $1,636.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $1,185.00 – $1,534.53
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon not published $2,273.66 – $5,226.80
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $817.89 – $1,246.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $817.89 – $1,246.50

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