ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$377.52

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.

$1,144.00

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.

$514.80 with EHN vs $3,337.00 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
EHN Network Lease $514.80 ↑ +36%
Tricare Humana Military $540.31 ↑ +43%
Optum VA CCN $540.31 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $556.52 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $556.52 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $556.52 ↑ +47%
Humana DSNP $556.52 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $556.52 ↑ +47%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $561.92 ↑ +49%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $561.92 ↑ +49%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $567.33 ↑ +50%
Devoted Health HMO $567.33 ↑ +50%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $567.33 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare DSNP $567.33 ↑ +50%
Devoted Health PPO $567.33 ↑ +50%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $567.33 ↑ +50%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $567.33 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $567.33 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $567.33 ↑ +50%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $567.33 ↑ +50%
Wellpoint DSNP $567.33 ↑ +50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $567.33 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $567.33 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $567.33 ↑ +50%
Cigna Medicare PPO $567.33 ↑ +50%
Cigna Medicare HMO $567.33 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $567.33 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $567.33 ↑ +50%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $682.50 ↑ +81%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $686.40 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $743.60 ↑ +97%
BCBS TN Blue Care $749.00 ↑ +98%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $800.80 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $858.00 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $858.00 ↑ +127%
Cigna IFP $882.00 ↑ +134%
MedSave USA Commercial $915.20 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $915.20 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $915.20 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $972.40 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $1,006.72 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,029.60 ↑ +173%
Ambetter Exchange $1,294.00 ↑ +243%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $1,302.00 ↑ +245%
Cigna Local Plus $1,414.00 ↑ +275%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,416.00 ↑ +275%
Cigna OAP $1,664.00 ↑ +341%
Cigna POS $1,664.00 ↑ +341%
Cigna HMO $1,664.00 ↑ +341%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,882.00 ↑ +399%
Aetna Commercial $2,310.00 ↑ +512%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $2,324.00 ↑ +516%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,733.00 ↑ +624%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3,337.00 ↑ +784%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $343.20 $191.73 – $1,029.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $960.00 $158.13 – $4,025.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $789.73 $322.19 – $1,734.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1,081.69 $137.97 – $1,119.66
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,128.57 $322.19 – $1,734.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $456.15 $555.72 – $1,211.46
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $960.02 $158.13 – $4,025.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $960.02 $158.13 – $4,025.00

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