I131 serum albumin, dx at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
1901 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942294814
$97.76
Cash price 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.
$296.24
Gross charge 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.
$62.21 with BCBS TN vs $430.79 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $62.21 | ↓ -36% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $133.30 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $148.12 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $148.12 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $148.12 | ↑ +52% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $177.74 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $177.74 | ↑ +82% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $177.74 | ↑ +82% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $192.55 | ↑ +97% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $207.36 | ↑ +112% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $222.18 | ↑ +127% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $222.18 | ↑ +127% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $236.99 | ↑ +142% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $236.99 | ↑ +142% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $236.99 | ↑ +142% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $251.80 | ↑ +158% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $260.69 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $266.61 | ↑ +173% |
| Cigna | OAP | $430.79 | ↑ +341% |
| Cigna | POS | $430.79 | ↑ +341% |
| Cigna | IFP | $430.79 | ↑ +341% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $430.79 | ↑ +341% |
| Cigna | HMO | $430.79 | ↑ +341% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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I131 serum albumin, dx at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $88.87 | $62.21 – $428.10 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $220.97 | $97.38 – $360.91 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $265.65 | $78.85 – $97.71 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $242.55 | $78.85 – $198.55 |
| 62-1138045 BMH Union City | Union City | $231.00 | $78.85 – $97.71 |
| Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge | Oak Ridge | $97.76 | $62.21 – $430.79 |
| CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY | Ashland City | not published | $95.76 – $1,857.86 |
| HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER | HENDERSONVILLE | not published | $95.76 – $1,857.86 |