Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$36.30

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.

$110.00

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.

$7.28 with Wellpoint vs $36.35 with Cigna — 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 $7.28 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Tenncare $10.35 ↓ -71%
EHN Network Lease $13.50 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $16.18 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Options PPO $16.18 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $16.18 ↓ -55%
Tricare Humana Military $16.18 ↓ -55%
Optum VA CCN $16.18 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $16.67 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $16.67 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $16.67 ↓ -54%
Humana DSNP $16.67 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.67 ↓ -54%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $16.83 ↓ -54%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $16.83 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $16.99 ↓ -53%
Devoted Health PPO $16.99 ↓ -53%
Devoted Health HMO $16.99 ↓ -53%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $16.99 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare DSNP $16.99 ↓ -53%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $16.99 ↓ -53%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $16.99 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.99 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare PPO $16.99 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare HMO $16.99 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $16.99 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint DSNP $16.99 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $16.99 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $16.99 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $16.99 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $16.99 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $16.99 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $16.99 ↓ -53%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $18.00 ↓ -50%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $19.50 ↓ -46%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $21.00 ↓ -42%
BCBS TN Blue Care $22.46 ↓ -38%
NovaNet Network Lease $22.50 ↓ -38%
MedSave USA Commercial $24.00 ↓ -34%
National Provider Network PPO $24.00 ↓ -34%
Direct Care America PPO $24.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial $24.51 ↓ -32%
Beech Street PPO $25.50 ↓ -30%
CCN Managed Care PPO $25.50 ↓ -30%
Initial Group PPO $26.40 ↓ -27%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $27.00 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Exchange $29.29 ↓ -19%
Cigna IFP $33.30 ↓ -8%
Cigna Local Plus $33.44 ↓ -8%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $34.14 ↓ -6%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $34.14 ↓ -6%
Cigna HMO $36.35 ↑ +0%
Cigna OAP $36.35 ↑ +0%
Cigna POS $36.35 ↑ +0%

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $76.91 $5.82 – $62.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $68.38 $14.37 – $161.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $43.01 $14.08 – $32.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $97.72 $14.37 – $161.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.35 $8.09 – $35.27
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $76.91 $11.35 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $76.91 $11.35 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $76.91 $11.35 – $62.08

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