Place po breast cath for rad 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

$2,086.92

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.

$6,324.00

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.

$1,575.00 with BCBS TN vs $8,693.00 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↓ -25%
EHN Network Lease $2,845.80 ↑ +36%
Cigna IFP $3,186.00 ↑ +53%
Ambetter Exchange $3,332.00 ↑ +60%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $3,600.00 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare Tenncare $3,717.00 ↑ +78%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $3,794.40 ↑ +82%
Cigna Local Plus $3,907.00 ↑ +87%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $4,110.60 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $4,426.80 ↑ +112%
Cigna HMO $4,595.00 ↑ +120%
Cigna POS $4,595.00 ↑ +120%
Cigna OAP $4,595.00 ↑ +120%
NovaNet Network Lease $4,743.00 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $4,743.00 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $5,059.20 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $5,059.20 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $5,059.20 ↑ +142%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $5,144.00 ↑ +146%
CCN Managed Care PPO $5,375.40 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $5,565.12 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,691.60 ↑ +173%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $5,761.00 ↑ +176%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $6,058.00 ↑ +190%
Aetna Commercial $6,083.44 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $7,125.00 ↑ +241%
Optum VA CCN $7,415.51 ↑ +255%
Tricare Humana Military $7,415.51 ↑ +255%
Humana DSNP $7,637.98 ↑ +266%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7,637.98 ↑ +266%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $7,637.98 ↑ +266%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $7,637.98 ↑ +266%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $7,637.98 ↑ +266%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $7,712.13 ↑ +270%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $7,712.13 ↑ +270%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Devoted Health PPO $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Devoted Health HMO $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Wellpoint DSNP $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
United Healthcare DSNP $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Cigna Medicare HMO $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Cigna Medicare PPO $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $7,786.29 ↑ +273%
United Healthcare Options PPO $8,693.00 ↑ +317%

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Place po breast cath for rad at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $247.63 – $7,786.29
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $1,534.53 – $3,142.00
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $3,006.00 – $3,732.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $3,006.00 – $3,732.16
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $3,006.00 – $3,732.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $1,636.56 – $3,160.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $3,006.00 – $3,160.00
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $7,415.51 – $7,786.29

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