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

$47.85

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$145.00

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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.

$30.45 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 $30.45 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial $35.12 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Tenncare $52.56 ↑ +10%
EHN Network Lease $65.25 ↑ +36%
Cigna IFP $73.66 ↑ +54%
Cigna Local Plus $73.66 ↑ +54%
Cigna HMO $86.71 ↑ +81%
Cigna OAP $86.71 ↑ +81%
Cigna POS $86.71 ↑ +81%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $87.00 ↑ +82%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $87.00 ↑ +82%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $87.00 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $94.25 ↑ +97%
Optum VA CCN $94.85 ↑ +98%
Tricare Humana Military $94.85 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $97.70 ↑ +104%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $97.70 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $97.70 ↑ +104%
Humana DSNP $97.70 ↑ +104%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $97.70 ↑ +104%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $98.64 ↑ +106%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $98.64 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $99.59 ↑ +108%
Devoted Health HMO $99.59 ↑ +108%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $99.59 ↑ +108%
United Healthcare DSNP $99.59 ↑ +108%
Devoted Health PPO $99.59 ↑ +108%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $99.59 ↑ +108%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $99.59 ↑ +108%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $99.59 ↑ +108%
Cigna Medicare PPO $99.59 ↑ +108%
Cigna Medicare HMO $99.59 ↑ +108%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $99.59 ↑ +108%
Wellpoint DSNP $99.59 ↑ +108%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $99.59 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $99.59 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $99.59 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $99.59 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $99.59 ↑ +108%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $99.59 ↑ +108%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $101.50 ↑ +112%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $104.51 ↑ +118%
Beech Street PPO $108.75 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $108.75 ↑ +127%
National Provider Network PPO $116.00 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $116.00 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $116.00 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $123.25 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $127.60 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $130.50 ↑ +173%
Ambetter Exchange $157.05 ↑ +228%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $450.00 ↑ +840%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $529.00 ↑ +1006%
United Healthcare Options PPO $645.00 ↑ +1248%

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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 $35.12 – $157.05
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $5.38 – $212.67
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $101.55 $5.38 – $212.67
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $101.55 $5.38 – $238.03
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $6.54 – $206.93
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $101.55 $5.38 – $238.03
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $101.55 $5.38 – $227.64
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $101.55 $5.38 – $206.78

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