Esophageal motility 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

$385.77

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.

$1,169.00

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.

$102.14 with BCBS TN vs $1,090.00 with BCBS TN — 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 $102.14 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Tenncare $155.30 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial $259.20 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $343.26 ↓ -11%
Cigna IFP $346.41 ↓ -10%
Cigna Local Plus $347.92 ↓ -10%
Optum VA CCN $362.70 ↓ -6%
Tricare Humana Military $362.70 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $373.58 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $373.58 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $373.58 ↓ -3%
Humana DSNP $373.58 ↓ -3%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $373.58 ↓ -3%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $377.21 ↓ -2%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $377.21 ↓ -2%
Cigna POS $378.18 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO $378.18 ↓ -2%
Cigna OAP $378.18 ↓ -2%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $380.84 ↓ -1%
Devoted Health PPO $380.84 ↓ -1%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $380.84 ↓ -1%
Devoted Health HMO $380.84 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $380.84 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $380.84 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $380.84 ↓ -1%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $380.84 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $380.84 ↓ -1%
Cigna Medicare PPO $380.84 ↓ -1%
Cigna Medicare HMO $380.84 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $380.84 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $380.84 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $380.84 ↓ -1%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $380.84 ↓ -1%
Wellpoint DSNP $380.84 ↓ -1%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $380.84 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare DSNP $380.84 ↓ -1%
EHN Network Lease $526.05 ↑ +36%
Ambetter Exchange $626.69 ↑ +62%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $701.40 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Options PPO $754.67 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $754.67 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $754.67 ↑ +96%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $759.85 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $818.30 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $876.75 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $876.75 ↑ +127%
National Provider Network PPO $935.20 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $935.20 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $935.20 ↑ +142%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $975.00 ↑ +153%
CCN Managed Care PPO $993.65 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $1,028.72 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,052.10 ↑ +173%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,090.00 ↑ +183%

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Esophageal motility at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $102.14 – $626.69
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $81.71 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $81.71 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $81.71 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $120.62 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $81.71 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $199.95 – $589.01
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $75.17 – $520.94

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