Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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

$114.18

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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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$346.00

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.

$16.77 with Wellpoint vs $311.40 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
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $16.77 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Tenncare $22.45 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $37.27 ↓ -67%
Tricare Humana Military $37.27 ↓ -67%
Optum VA CCN $37.27 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Options PPO $37.27 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $37.27 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $38.39 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $38.39 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $38.39 ↓ -66%
Humana DSNP $38.39 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $38.39 ↓ -66%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $38.76 ↓ -66%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $38.76 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health PPO $39.13 ↓ -66%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $39.13 ↓ -66%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $39.13 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $39.13 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↓ -66%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $39.13 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health HMO $39.13 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare PPO $39.13 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare HMO $39.13 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $39.13 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $39.13 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $39.13 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $39.13 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare DSNP $39.13 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $39.13 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint DSNP $39.13 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↓ -66%
BCBS TN Blue Care $48.74 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial $56.47 ↓ -51%
Ambetter Exchange $67.46 ↓ -41%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $68.23 ↓ -40%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $74.08 ↓ -35%
Cigna IFP $76.30 ↓ -33%
Cigna Local Plus $76.64 ↓ -33%
Cigna POS $83.30 ↓ -27%
Cigna OAP $83.30 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO $83.30 ↓ -27%
EHN Network Lease $155.70 ↑ +36%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $207.60 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $224.90 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $242.20 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $259.50 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $259.50 ↑ +127%
National Provider Network PPO $276.80 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $276.80 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $276.80 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $294.10 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $304.48 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $311.40 ↑ +173%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $217.98 $16.77 – $311.40
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $197.91 $13.42 – $135.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $86.44 $31.18 – $204.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $100.74 $32.42 – $74.54
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $123.52 $31.18 – $204.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $61.50 $18.64 – $81.25
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $197.91 $24.61 – $135.44
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $197.91 $24.61 – $135.44

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