Mnt subs tx for change dx 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

$14.19

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$43.00

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.

$14.00 with United Healthcare vs $283.00 with United Healthcare — 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $14.00 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial $17.20 ↑ +21%
EHN Network Lease $19.35 ↑ +36%
Cigna IFP $21.84 ↑ +54%
Cigna Local Plus $21.84 ↑ +54%
Cigna HMO $25.71 ↑ +81%
Cigna OAP $25.71 ↑ +81%
Cigna POS $25.71 ↑ +81%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $25.80 ↑ +82%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $25.80 ↑ +82%
Ambetter Exchange $25.80 ↑ +82%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $25.80 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $27.95 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $30.10 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $32.25 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $32.25 ↑ +127%
National Provider Network PPO $34.40 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $34.40 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $34.40 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $36.55 ↑ +158%
BCBS TN Blue Care $37.06 ↑ +161%
Initial Group PPO $37.84 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $38.70 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $198.00 ↑ +1295%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $232.00 ↑ +1535%
United Healthcare Options PPO $283.00 ↑ +1894%

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Mnt subs tx for change dx at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $12.90 $14.00 – $38.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $40.13 $13.75 – $66.47
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $17.48 $13.75 – $24.49
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $15.96 $13.75 – $24.49
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET $142.38 $23.02 – $37.60
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $14.19 $14.00 – $38.70
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $25.58 – $63.70
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $24.81 – $37.60

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →