Kit lead specify 5-6-5 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

$11,279.40

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.

$34,180.00

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.

$2,972.97 with BCBS TN vs $12,741.30 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $2,972.97 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial $3,114.54 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $3,963.96 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $3,963.96 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Options PPO $4,247.10 ↓ -62%
Cigna IFP $6,016.72 ↓ -47%
EHN Network Lease $6,370.65 ↓ -44%
Cigna HMO $7,078.50 ↓ -37%
Cigna OAP $7,078.50 ↓ -37%
Cigna POS $7,078.50 ↓ -37%
Cigna Local Plus $7,078.50 ↓ -37%
Ambetter Exchange $7,078.50 ↓ -37%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $8,494.20 ↓ -25%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $8,494.20 ↓ -25%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $8,494.20 ↓ -25%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $9,202.05 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $9,909.90 ↓ -12%
NovaNet Network Lease $10,617.75 ↓ -6%
Beech Street PPO $10,617.75 ↓ -6%
National Provider Network PPO $11,325.60 ↑ +0%
Direct Care America PPO $11,325.60 ↑ +0%
MedSave USA Commercial $11,325.60 ↑ +0%
CCN Managed Care PPO $12,033.45 ↑ +7%
Initial Group PPO $12,458.16 ↑ +10%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $12,741.30 ↑ +13%

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Kit lead specify 5-6-5 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $10,254.00 $669.99 – $6,975.00
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $7,338.24 $582.60 – $582.60
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $5,009.40 $3,187.80 – $13,662.00
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $1,450.00 $1,050.00 – $4,500.00
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $11,279.40 $525.00 – $2,250.00
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $4,857.60 $3,187.80 – $13,662.00
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $4,554.00 $3,187.80 – $13,662.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon not published $582.60 – $582.60

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