Plasma volume multiple 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

$946.77

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.

$2,869.00

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.

$91.05 with BCBS TN vs $2,607.99 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 $91.05 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $93.33 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $132.04 ↓ -86%
Cigna Local Plus $132.62 ↓ -86%
Cigna HMO $144.15 ↓ -85%
Cigna OAP $144.15 ↓ -85%
Cigna POS $144.15 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Exchange $225.61 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Tenncare $531.03 ↓ -44%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $975.00 ↑ +3%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,090.00 ↑ +15%
Optum VA CCN $1,174.60 ↑ +24%
Tricare Humana Military $1,174.60 ↑ +24%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,186.24 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,209.84 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,209.84 ↑ +28%
Humana DSNP $1,209.84 ↑ +28%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,209.84 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,209.84 ↑ +28%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,221.58 ↑ +29%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,221.58 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Devoted Health HMO $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare DSNP $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Devoted Health PPO $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Wellpoint DSNP $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,233.33 ↑ +30%
EHN Network Lease $1,291.05 ↑ +36%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,721.40 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,864.85 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $2,008.30 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $2,151.75 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $2,151.75 ↑ +127%
MedSave USA Commercial $2,295.20 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $2,295.20 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $2,295.20 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $2,438.65 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $2,524.72 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,582.10 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $2,607.99 ↑ +175%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,607.99 ↑ +175%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,607.99 ↑ +175%

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Plasma volume multiple at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $71.47 – $1,233.33
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $582.45 $84.49 – $2,633.64
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $571.55 $84.49 – $1,691.77
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $582.45 $84.49 – $2,633.64
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $582.45 $84.49 – $2,947.61
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $582.45 $102.70 – $2,562.53
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $582.45 $84.49 – $2,947.61
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $845.46 $72.84 – $2,390.86

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