Brace m arm board 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

$35.64

Cash price

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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.

$108.00

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.

$22.68 with BCBS TN vs $295.25 with Blue Cross of 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $22.68 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial $23.76 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $30.24 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $30.24 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Options PPO $32.40 ↓ -9%
Cigna IFP $45.90 ↑ +29%
EHN Network Lease $48.60 ↑ +36%
Cigna HMO $54.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna Local Plus $54.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna POS $54.00 ↑ +52%
Ambetter Exchange $54.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna OAP $54.00 ↑ +52%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $64.80 ↑ +82%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $66.96 ↑ +88%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $66.96 ↑ +88%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $70.20 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $75.60 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $81.00 ↑ +127%
National Provider Network PPO $86.40 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $86.40 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $86.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $91.80 ↑ +158%
CCN Managed Care PPO $91.80 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $95.04 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $97.20 ↑ +173%
Optum VA CCN $281.19 ↑ +689%
Tricare Humana Military $281.19 ↑ +689%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $289.63 ↑ +713%
Humana DSNP $289.63 ↑ +713%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $289.63 ↑ +713%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $289.63 ↑ +713%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $289.63 ↑ +713%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $292.44 ↑ +721%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $292.44 ↑ +721%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $295.25 ↑ +728%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $295.25 ↑ +728%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $295.25 ↑ +728%
Devoted Health HMO $295.25 ↑ +728%
United Healthcare DSNP $295.25 ↑ +728%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $295.25 ↑ +728%
Cigna Medicare PPO $295.25 ↑ +728%
Cigna Medicare HMO $295.25 ↑ +728%
Devoted Health PPO $295.25 ↑ +728%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $295.25 ↑ +728%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $295.25 ↑ +728%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $295.25 ↑ +728%
Wellpoint DSNP $295.25 ↑ +728%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $295.25 ↑ +728%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $295.25 ↑ +728%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $295.25 ↑ +728%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $295.25 ↑ +728%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $295.25 ↑ +728%

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