Echo exam of fetal heart 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

$185.79

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$563.00

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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.

$118.23 with BCBS TN vs $827.22 with Ambetter — 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

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 $118.23 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Tenncare $209.67 ↑ +13%
EHN Network Lease $253.35 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial $280.30 ↑ +51%
Cigna Local Plus $286.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna IFP $286.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna HMO $336.67 ↑ +81%
Cigna POS $336.67 ↑ +81%
Cigna OAP $336.67 ↑ +81%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $337.80 ↑ +82%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $337.80 ↑ +82%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $337.80 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $365.95 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $394.10 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $422.25 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $422.25 ↑ +127%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $449.05 ↑ +142%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $450.00 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $450.40 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $450.40 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $450.40 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $478.55 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $495.44 ↑ +167%
Optum VA CCN $495.75 ↑ +167%
Tricare Humana Military $495.75 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $506.70 ↑ +173%
Humana DSNP $510.62 ↑ +175%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $510.62 ↑ +175%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $510.62 ↑ +175%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $510.62 ↑ +175%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $510.62 ↑ +175%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $515.58 ↑ +178%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $515.58 ↑ +178%
Cigna Medicare PPO $520.54 ↑ +180%
United Healthcare DSNP $520.54 ↑ +180%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $520.54 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $520.54 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $520.54 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $520.54 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $520.54 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $520.54 ↑ +180%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $520.54 ↑ +180%
Cigna Medicare HMO $520.54 ↑ +180%
Devoted Health HMO $520.54 ↑ +180%
Wellpoint DSNP $520.54 ↑ +180%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $520.54 ↑ +180%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $520.54 ↑ +180%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $520.54 ↑ +180%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $520.54 ↑ +180%
Devoted Health PPO $520.54 ↑ +180%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $520.54 ↑ +180%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $529.00 ↑ +185%
United Healthcare Options PPO $645.00 ↑ +247%
Ambetter Exchange $827.22 ↑ +345%

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Echo exam of fetal heart at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $209.67 – $827.22
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $144.00 $64.60 – $1,111.55
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $144.00 $64.60 – $1,111.55
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $144.00 $64.60 – $1,130.02
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $144.00 $78.52 – $1,081.53
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $144.00 $64.60 – $1,130.02
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $144.00 $64.60 – $1,080.73
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $144.00 $64.60 – $1,080.73

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