Intracranial complete study 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

$205.92

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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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$624.00

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.

$112.96 with United Healthcare vs $835.20 with Ambetter — 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

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
United Healthcare Tenncare $112.96 ↓ -45%
Tricare Humana Military $216.48 ↑ +5%
Optum VA CCN $216.48 ↑ +5%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $217.30 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $222.97 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $222.97 ↑ +8%
Humana DSNP $222.97 ↑ +8%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $222.97 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $222.97 ↑ +8%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $225.14 ↑ +9%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $225.14 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $227.30 ↑ +10%
Devoted Health HMO $227.30 ↑ +10%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $227.30 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare DSNP $227.30 ↑ +10%
Devoted Health PPO $227.30 ↑ +10%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $227.30 ↑ +10%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $227.30 ↑ +10%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $227.30 ↑ +10%
Cigna Medicare HMO $227.30 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $227.30 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $227.30 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $227.30 ↑ +10%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $227.30 ↑ +10%
Wellpoint DSNP $227.30 ↑ +10%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $227.30 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $227.30 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $227.30 ↑ +10%
Cigna Medicare PPO $227.30 ↑ +10%
BCBS TN Blue Care $246.32 ↑ +20%
EHN Network Lease $280.80 ↑ +36%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $283.27 ↑ +38%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $307.91 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $360.00 ↑ +75%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $374.40 ↑ +82%
Aetna Commercial $391.70 ↑ +90%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $405.60 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $424.00 ↑ +106%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $436.80 ↑ +112%
Cigna IFP $467.11 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $468.00 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $468.00 ↑ +127%
Cigna Local Plus $469.15 ↑ +128%
MedSave USA Commercial $499.20 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $499.20 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $499.20 ↑ +142%
Cigna HMO $509.95 ↑ +148%
Cigna POS $509.95 ↑ +148%
Cigna OAP $509.95 ↑ +148%
United Healthcare Options PPO $516.00 ↑ +151%
CCN Managed Care PPO $530.40 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $549.12 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $561.60 ↑ +173%
Ambetter Exchange $835.20 ↑ +306%

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Intracranial complete study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $112.96 – $835.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $330.20 $108.35 – $644.87
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $262.56 $132.73 – $620.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $375.21 $132.73 – $620.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $317.55 $125.69 – $485.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $330.20 $108.35 – $644.87
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $317.55 $54.77 – $485.38
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $317.55 $91.28 – $543.24

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