Inj proc myelogram lumbar at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
1901 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942294814
$240.24
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.
$728.00
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.
$131.00 with BCBS TN vs $3,419.00 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.
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 | Commercial Network S | $131.00 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $155.00 | ↓ -35% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $293.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $307.90 | ↑ +28% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $327.60 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $433.00 | ↑ +80% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $436.80 | ↑ +82% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $473.20 | ↑ +97% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $509.00 | ↑ +112% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $509.60 | ↑ +112% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $546.00 | ↑ +127% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $546.00 | ↑ +127% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $582.40 | ↑ +142% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $582.40 | ↑ +142% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $582.40 | ↑ +142% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $618.80 | ↑ +158% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $624.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $640.64 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $655.20 | ↑ +173% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $1,155.00 | ↑ +381% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,349.71 | ↑ +462% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $2,009.00 | ↑ +736% |
| Cigna | IFP | $2,372.00 | ↑ +887% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $2,857.00 | ↑ +1089% |
| Cigna | POS | $3,419.00 | ↑ +1323% |
| Cigna | OAP | $3,419.00 | ↑ +1323% |
| Cigna | HMO | $3,419.00 | ↑ +1323% |
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Inj proc myelogram lumbar at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $121.45 – $121.45 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $259.60 | $175.40 – $613.90 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $370.98 | $184.17 – $613.90 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $368.55 | $438.84 – $456.39 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $368.55 | $476.19 – $476.19 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $368.55 | $446.13 – $454.80 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $368.55 | $476.19 – $495.24 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $368.55 | $433.14 – $454.80 |