Red cell survival study at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
1901 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1942294814
$409.53
Cash price 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.
$1,241.00
Gross charge 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.
$101.09 with BCBS TN vs $1,116.90 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $101.09 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $144.65 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $155.30 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | IFP | $204.29 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $205.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | OAP | $223.03 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | HMO | $223.03 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | POS | $223.03 | ↓ -46% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $343.26 | ↓ -16% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $362.70 | ↓ -11% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $362.70 | ↓ -11% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $373.58 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $373.58 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $373.58 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $373.58 | ↓ -9% |
| Humana | DSNP | $373.58 | ↓ -9% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $377.21 | ↓ -8% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $377.21 | ↓ -8% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $380.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $384.54 | ↓ -6% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $558.45 | ↑ +36% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $744.60 | ↑ +82% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $754.67 | ↑ +84% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $754.67 | ↑ +84% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $754.67 | ↑ +84% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $806.65 | ↑ +97% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $868.70 | ↑ +112% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $930.75 | ↑ +127% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $930.75 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $975.00 | ↑ +138% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $992.80 | ↑ +142% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $992.80 | ↑ +142% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $992.80 | ↑ +142% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $1,054.85 | ↑ +158% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $1,090.00 | ↑ +166% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $1,092.08 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,116.90 | ↑ +173% |
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Red cell survival study at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $101.09 – $384.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $518.16 | $80.87 – $589.01 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $518.12 | $80.87 – $589.01 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $80.87 – $589.01 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $80.87 – $589.01 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $120.83 – $589.01 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $150.06 – $589.01 |
| CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY | Ashland City | not published | $74.40 – $471.74 |