Prcrd drg 6+yr without anomly 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

$698.94

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.

$2,118.00

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.

$953.10 with EHN vs $9,765.00 with Aetna — 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
EHN Network Lease $953.10 ↑ +36%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,270.80 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,376.70 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,482.60 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,512.00 ↑ +116%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↑ +125%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,587.60 ↑ +127%
Beech Street PPO $1,588.50 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,588.50 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $1,694.40 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,694.40 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $1,694.40 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,800.30 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $1,863.84 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,906.20 ↑ +173%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↑ +187%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,046.00 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $2,242.00 ↑ +221%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,290.00 ↑ +228%
Cigna IFP $2,372.00 ↑ +239%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,637.00 ↑ +277%
Cigna Local Plus $2,857.00 ↑ +309%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3,222.00 ↑ +361%
Cigna POS $3,419.00 ↑ +389%
Cigna OAP $3,419.00 ↑ +389%
Cigna HMO $3,419.00 ↑ +389%
Aetna Commercial $9,765.00 ↑ +1297%

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Prcrd drg 6+yr without anomly at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $635.40 $451.21 – $1,906.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $550.74 $461.72 – $2,225.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $2,177.97 $1,471.60 – $5,150.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $3,112.44 $1,545.18 – $5,150.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $530.72 $461.72 – $2,225.50
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $913.65 $1,390.68 – $1,390.68
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $913.65 $1,302.89 – $1,328.19
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $913.65 $1,264.94 – $1,328.19

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