Radiation treatment delivery 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

$935.55

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.

$2,835.00

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.

$82.45 with BCBS TN vs $2,551.50 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 $82.45 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Tenncare $95.36 ↓ -90%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $181.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $203.00 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $220.39 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial $463.15 ↓ -50%
Optum VA CCN $501.31 ↓ -46%
Tricare Humana Military $501.31 ↓ -46%
Humana DSNP $516.35 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $516.35 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $516.35 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $516.35 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $516.35 ↓ -45%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $521.36 ↓ -44%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $521.36 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare HMO $526.38 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health HMO $526.38 ↓ -44%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $526.38 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare DSNP $526.38 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health PPO $526.38 ↓ -44%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $526.38 ↓ -44%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $526.38 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $526.38 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare PPO $526.38 ↓ -44%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $526.38 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint DSNP $526.38 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $526.38 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $526.38 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $526.38 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $526.38 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $526.38 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $526.38 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $526.38 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $628.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $738.00 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Options PPO $904.00 ↓ -3%
EHN Network Lease $1,275.75 ↑ +36%
Cigna IFP $1,440.18 ↑ +54%
Cigna Local Plus $1,440.18 ↑ +54%
Cigna POS $1,695.33 ↑ +81%
Cigna OAP $1,695.33 ↑ +81%
Cigna HMO $1,695.33 ↑ +81%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,701.00 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,842.75 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,984.50 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $2,126.25 ↑ +127%
NovaNet Network Lease $2,126.25 ↑ +127%
National Provider Network PPO $2,268.00 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $2,268.00 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $2,268.00 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $2,409.75 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $2,494.80 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,551.50 ↑ +173%

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Radiation treatment delivery at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $850.50 $82.45 – $526.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $264.74 $65.96 – $599.07
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $280.61 $98.17 – $663.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $401.01 $98.17 – $663.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $190.95 $76.51 – $1,124.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $264.74 $65.96 – $590.22
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $190.95 $60.79 – $1,124.01
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $190.95 $76.51 – $1,258.01

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