Generator emblem MRI sicd subq 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

$34,237.50

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.

$103,750.00

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.

$8,085.00 with BCBS TN vs $34,650.00 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.

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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 $8,085.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial $8,470.00 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $10,780.00 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $10,780.00 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Options PPO $11,550.00 ↓ -66%
Cigna IFP $16,362.50 ↓ -52%
EHN Network Lease $17,325.00 ↓ -49%
Cigna HMO $19,250.00 ↓ -44%
Cigna OAP $19,250.00 ↓ -44%
Cigna POS $19,250.00 ↓ -44%
Cigna Local Plus $19,250.00 ↓ -44%
Ambetter Exchange $19,250.00 ↓ -44%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $23,100.00 ↓ -33%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $23,100.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $23,100.00 ↓ -33%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $25,025.00 ↓ -27%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $26,950.00 ↓ -21%
NovaNet Network Lease $28,875.00 ↓ -16%
Beech Street PPO $28,875.00 ↓ -16%
National Provider Network PPO $30,800.00 ↓ -10%
Direct Care America PPO $30,800.00 ↓ -10%
MedSave USA Commercial $30,800.00 ↓ -10%
CCN Managed Care PPO $32,725.00 ↓ -4%
Initial Group PPO $33,880.00 ↓ -1%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $34,650.00 ↑ +1%

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Generator emblem MRI sicd subq at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $31,125.00 $4,587.12 – $34,650.00
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $5,386.50 $3,988.80 – $3,988.80
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $32,670.00 $9,555.00 – $40,950.00
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $28,710.00 $20,790.00 – $89,100.00
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $32,670.00 $8,085.00 – $34,650.00
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $29,700.00 $8,085.00 – $34,650.00

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