Ghs fb removal - incisional 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

$479.49

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.

$1,453.00

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.

$653.85 with EHN vs $2,717.00 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 $653.85 ↑ +36%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $871.80 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $944.45 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,017.10 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $1,089.75 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,089.75 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $1,162.40 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $1,162.40 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,162.40 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,235.05 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $1,278.64 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,307.70 ↑ +173%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,391.00 ↑ +190%
Tricare Humana Military $1,498.45 ↑ +213%
Optum VA CCN $1,498.45 ↑ +213%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,512.00 ↑ +215%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,543.40 ↑ +222%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,543.40 ↑ +222%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,543.40 ↑ +222%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,543.40 ↑ +222%
Humana DSNP $1,543.40 ↑ +222%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,558.39 ↑ +225%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,558.39 ↑ +225%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Devoted Health HMO $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
United Healthcare DSNP $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Wellpoint DSNP $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Devoted Health PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,573.37 ↑ +228%
Cigna IFP $1,674.00 ↑ +249%
Ambetter Exchange $1,751.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial $1,808.27 ↑ +277%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,890.00 ↑ +294%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,894.00 ↑ +295%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,046.00 ↑ +327%
Cigna Local Plus $2,053.00 ↑ +328%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,227.00 ↑ +364%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,290.00 ↑ +378%
Cigna HMO $2,416.00 ↑ +404%
Cigna POS $2,416.00 ↑ +404%
Cigna OAP $2,416.00 ↑ +404%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,717.00 ↑ +467%

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Ghs fb removal - incisional at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $220.78 – $1,573.37
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1,088.13 $1,287.14 – $2,958.94
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $717.30 $157.00 – $3,359.76
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $704.03 $157.00 – $1,792.88
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $717.30 $157.00 – $3,359.76
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $717.30 $157.00 – $3,760.30
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $717.30 $157.00 – $3,269.05
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $717.30 $157.00 – $3,760.30

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