Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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

$94.71

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.

$287.00

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.

$24.16 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
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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 $24.16 ↓ -74%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $27.78 ↓ -71%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $30.20 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial $36.97 ↓ -61%
EHN Network Lease $104.40 ↑ +10%
Cigna Local Plus $117.85 ↑ +24%
Cigna IFP $117.85 ↑ +24%
Cigna HMO $138.73 ↑ +46%
Cigna OAP $138.73 ↑ +46%
Cigna POS $138.73 ↑ +46%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $139.20 ↑ +47%
Ambetter Exchange $139.20 ↑ +47%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $150.80 ↑ +59%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $162.40 ↑ +71%
NovaNet Network Lease $174.00 ↑ +84%
Beech Street PPO $174.00 ↑ +84%
MedSave USA Commercial $185.60 ↑ +96%
National Provider Network PPO $185.60 ↑ +96%
Direct Care America PPO $185.60 ↑ +96%
CCN Managed Care PPO $197.20 ↑ +108%
Initial Group PPO $204.16 ↑ +116%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $208.80 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $450.00 ↑ +375%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $529.00 ↑ +459%
United Healthcare Options PPO $645.00 ↑ +581%

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $69.60 $24.16 – $450.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $336.15 $37.04 – $46.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $312.58 $65.92 – $989.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $112.01 $24.82 – $44.29
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $446.69 $65.92 – $989.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $112.20 $51.38 – $143.84
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $336.15 $37.04 – $58.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $336.15 $37.04 – $66.44

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →