Echo tee guidance at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
1901 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942294814
$425.37
Cash price 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.
$1,289.00
Gross charge 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.
$270.92 with BCBS TN vs $1,160.10 with Galaxy Health Network — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $270.92 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $311.56 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $338.66 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $450.00 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $515.60 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $529.00 | ↑ +24% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $580.05 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $645.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $654.81 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | IFP | $654.81 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | OAP | $770.82 | ↑ +81% |
| Cigna | HMO | $770.82 | ↑ +81% |
| Cigna | POS | $770.82 | ↑ +81% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $773.40 | ↑ +82% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $773.40 | ↑ +82% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $837.85 | ↑ +97% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $902.30 | ↑ +112% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $966.75 | ↑ +127% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $966.75 | ↑ +127% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $1,031.20 | ↑ +142% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $1,031.20 | ↑ +142% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $1,031.20 | ↑ +142% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $1,095.65 | ↑ +158% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $1,134.32 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,160.10 | ↑ +173% |
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Echo tee guidance at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $386.70 | $133.76 – $450.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,837.95 | $190.95 – $504.09 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $276.76 | $187.00 – $989.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $395.51 | $196.35 – $989.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $324.75 | $221.50 – $619.40 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,837.95 | $190.95 – $504.09 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $318.78 | $221.50 – $678.58 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $324.75 | $221.50 – $646.27 |