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

$112.86

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$342.00

Gross charge

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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.

$71.82 with BCBS TN vs $645.00 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

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 $71.82 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Tenncare $105.33 ↓ -7%
EHN Network Lease $153.90 ↑ +36%
Cigna Local Plus $173.73 ↑ +54%
Cigna IFP $173.73 ↑ +54%
Aetna Commercial $179.64 ↑ +59%
Cigna HMO $204.51 ↑ +81%
Cigna POS $204.51 ↑ +81%
Cigna OAP $204.51 ↑ +81%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $205.20 ↑ +82%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $205.20 ↑ +82%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $205.20 ↑ +82%
Tricare Humana Military $216.48 ↑ +92%
Optum VA CCN $216.48 ↑ +92%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $217.30 ↑ +93%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $222.30 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $222.97 ↑ +98%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $222.97 ↑ +98%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $222.97 ↑ +98%
Humana DSNP $222.97 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $222.97 ↑ +98%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $225.14 ↑ +99%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $225.14 ↑ +99%
Cigna Medicare HMO $227.30 ↑ +101%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $227.30 ↑ +101%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $227.30 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $227.30 ↑ +101%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $227.30 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint DSNP $227.30 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $227.30 ↑ +101%
Devoted Health PPO $227.30 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $227.30 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $227.30 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare DSNP $227.30 ↑ +101%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $227.30 ↑ +101%
Devoted Health HMO $227.30 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $227.30 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $227.30 ↑ +101%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $227.30 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $227.30 ↑ +101%
Cigna Medicare PPO $227.30 ↑ +101%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $239.40 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $256.50 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $256.50 ↑ +127%
MedSave USA Commercial $273.60 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $273.60 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $273.60 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $290.70 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $300.96 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $307.80 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $450.00 ↑ +299%
Ambetter Exchange $495.77 ↑ +339%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $529.00 ↑ +369%
United Healthcare Options PPO $645.00 ↑ +472%

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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 $105.33 – $495.77
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $144.00 $23.32 – $485.38
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $144.00 $28.34 – $472.27
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $144.00 $23.32 – $519.55
Sycamore Shoals Hospital ELIZABETHTON $144.00 $23.32 – $471.92
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $20.10 – $372.86
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $20.10 – $372.86
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $20.10 – $372.86

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