Assay of osteocalcin 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

$55.11

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.

$167.00

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.

$13.43 with Wellpoint vs $150.30 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
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $13.43 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Tenncare $19.09 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $29.85 ↓ -46%
Tricare Humana Military $29.85 ↓ -46%
Optum VA CCN $29.85 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Options PPO $29.85 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $29.85 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $30.75 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $30.75 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $30.75 ↓ -44%
Humana DSNP $30.75 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $30.75 ↓ -44%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $31.04 ↓ -44%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $31.04 ↓ -44%
Devoted Health PPO $31.34 ↓ -43%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $31.34 ↓ -43%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $31.34 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $31.34 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $31.34 ↓ -43%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $31.34 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $31.34 ↓ -43%
Devoted Health HMO $31.34 ↓ -43%
Cigna Medicare PPO $31.34 ↓ -43%
Cigna Medicare HMO $31.34 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $31.34 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $31.34 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $31.34 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $31.34 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare DSNP $31.34 ↓ -43%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $31.34 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint DSNP $31.34 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $31.34 ↓ -43%
BCBS TN Blue Care $41.45 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial $45.22 ↓ -18%
Ambetter Exchange $54.03 ↓ -2%
Cigna IFP $61.05 ↑ +11%
Cigna Local Plus $61.32 ↑ +11%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $63.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $63.00 ↑ +14%
Cigna POS $66.65 ↑ +21%
Cigna OAP $66.65 ↑ +21%
Cigna HMO $66.65 ↑ +21%
EHN Network Lease $75.15 ↑ +36%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $100.20 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $108.55 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $116.90 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $125.25 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $133.60 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $133.60 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $133.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $141.95 ↑ +158%
CCN Managed Care PPO $141.95 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $146.96 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $150.30 ↑ +173%

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Assay of osteocalcin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $49.44 $26.52 – $116.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $70.65 $26.52 – $116.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.60 $14.93 – $65.07
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $30.13 $21.14 – $65.68
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $30.60 $13.43 – $65.07
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $30.60 $14.93 – $71.64
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $30.60 $14.93 – $65.07
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $30.60 $14.93 – $71.64

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