Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at Fort Loudoun Medical Center

550 Fort Loudoun Medical Center Dr, Lenoir City, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1609860659

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$358.05

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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.

$1,085.00

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.

$144.00 with Cigna vs $2,356.00 with BCBS TN — 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
Cigna IFP $144.00 ↓ -60%
Cigna Local Plus $145.00 ↓ -60%
Cigna HMO $169.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna POS $169.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna OAP $169.00 ↓ -53%
EHN Network Lease $488.25 ↑ +36%
Optum VA CCN $642.47 ↑ +79%
Tricare Humana Military $642.47 ↑ +79%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $651.00 ↑ +82%
Humana DSNP $661.74 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $661.74 ↑ +85%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $661.74 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $661.74 ↑ +85%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $661.74 ↑ +85%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $668.17 ↑ +87%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $668.17 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $674.59 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health HMO $674.59 ↑ +88%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $674.59 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare DSNP $674.59 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health PPO $674.59 ↑ +88%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $674.59 ↑ +88%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $674.59 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $674.59 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $674.59 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $674.59 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare PPO $674.59 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare HMO $674.59 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $674.59 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $674.59 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint DSNP $674.59 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $674.59 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $674.59 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $674.59 ↑ +88%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $705.25 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $759.50 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $813.75 ↑ +127%
MedSave USA Commercial $868.00 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $868.00 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $868.00 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $922.25 ↑ +158%
Beech Street PPO $922.25 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $954.80 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $976.50 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,060.00 ↑ +196%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,066.00 ↑ +198%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,155.00 ↑ +223%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $1,254.00 ↑ +250%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,259.81 ↑ +252%
Aetna Commercial $1,349.71 ↑ +277%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,526.00 ↑ +326%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↑ +461%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,356.00 ↑ +558%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,356.00 ↑ +558%

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Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $538.77 $45.00 – $2,225.50
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $168.60 $486.59 – $1,440.52
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $168.60 $671.77 – $1,464.46
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $168.60 $671.77 – $1,464.46
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $246.54 $612.07 – $1,288.56
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $208.40 $558.94 – $1,284.92
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $168.60 $642.47 – $1,400.59
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $325.50 $72.07 – $976.50

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