Exc mal+marg tal 3.1-4 cm 11604 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

$563.31

Cash price

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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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$1,707.00

Gross charge

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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.

$642.47 with Tricare vs $2,416.00 with Cigna — 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
Tricare Humana Military $642.47 ↑ +14%
Optum VA CCN $642.47 ↑ +14%
Humana DSNP $661.74 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $661.74 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $661.74 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $661.74 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $661.74 ↑ +17%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $668.17 ↑ +19%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $668.17 ↑ +19%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $674.59 ↑ +20%
Devoted Health HMO $674.59 ↑ +20%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $674.59 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare DSNP $674.59 ↑ +20%
Devoted Health PPO $674.59 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $674.59 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $674.59 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $674.59 ↑ +20%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $674.59 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint DSNP $674.59 ↑ +20%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $674.59 ↑ +20%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $674.59 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $674.59 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $674.59 ↑ +20%
Cigna Medicare PPO $674.59 ↑ +20%
Cigna Medicare HMO $674.59 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $674.59 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $674.59 ↑ +20%
EHN Network Lease $768.15 ↑ +36%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,024.20 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,066.00 ↑ +89%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,109.55 ↑ +97%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,155.00 ↑ +105%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,194.90 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,200.00 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $1,254.00 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,259.81 ↑ +124%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,280.25 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $1,280.25 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $1,365.60 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,365.60 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $1,365.60 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,450.95 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $1,502.16 ↑ +167%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,526.00 ↑ +171%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,536.30 ↑ +173%
Cigna IFP $1,674.00 ↑ +197%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $1,685.00 ↑ +199%
Ambetter Exchange $1,751.00 ↑ +211%
Aetna Commercial $1,808.27 ↑ +221%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,887.00 ↑ +235%
Cigna Local Plus $2,053.00 ↑ +264%
Cigna HMO $2,416.00 ↑ +329%
Cigna OAP $2,416.00 ↑ +329%
Cigna POS $2,416.00 ↑ +329%

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Exc mal+marg tal 3.1-4 cm 11604 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $253.70 – $674.59
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,209.16 $817.00 – $2,859.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,727.96 $857.85 – $2,859.50
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $177.33 $199.36 – $1,792.88
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $180.45 $199.36 – $1,707.50
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $180.45 $199.36 – $1,601.27
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $180.45 $199.36 – $1,601.27
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $180.45 $199.36 – $1,760.43

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