Chronic urticaria - sendout 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

$8.25

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.

$25.00

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.

$5.61 with Wellpoint vs $28.03 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 $5.61 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Tenncare $7.97 ↓ -3%
EHN Network Lease $11.25 ↑ +36%
Optum VA CCN $12.46 ↑ +51%
Tricare Humana Military $12.46 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Options PPO $12.46 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $12.46 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $12.46 ↑ +51%
Humana DSNP $12.83 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12.83 ↑ +56%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $12.83 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $12.83 ↑ +56%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $12.83 ↑ +56%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $12.96 ↑ +57%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $12.96 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $13.08 ↑ +59%
Devoted Health HMO $13.08 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $13.08 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare DSNP $13.08 ↑ +59%
Devoted Health PPO $13.08 ↑ +59%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $13.08 ↑ +59%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $13.08 ↑ +59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.08 ↑ +59%
Cigna Medicare PPO $13.08 ↑ +59%
Cigna Medicare HMO $13.08 ↑ +59%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $13.08 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $13.08 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $13.08 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $13.08 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $13.08 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $13.08 ↑ +59%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $13.08 ↑ +59%
Wellpoint DSNP $13.08 ↑ +59%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $15.00 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $16.25 ↑ +97%
BCBS TN Blue Care $17.30 ↑ +110%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $17.50 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $18.75 ↑ +127%
Aetna Commercial $18.88 ↑ +129%
National Provider Network PPO $20.00 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $20.00 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $20.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $21.25 ↑ +158%
CCN Managed Care PPO $21.25 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $22.00 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $22.50 ↑ +173%
Ambetter Exchange $22.55 ↑ +173%
Cigna IFP $25.67 ↑ +211%
Cigna Local Plus $25.78 ↑ +212%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $26.30 ↑ +219%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $26.30 ↑ +219%
Cigna HMO $28.03 ↑ +240%
Cigna OAP $28.03 ↑ +240%
Cigna POS $28.03 ↑ +240%

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Chronic urticaria - sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON $200.00 $5.61 – $37.38
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $201.60 $5.61 – $288.00
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $105.60 $5.61 – $288.00
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell $66.92 $5.61 – $69.30
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $92.80 $5.61 – $22.55
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $105.60 $5.61 – $288.00
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $102.40 $5.61 – $288.00
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $7.50 $5.61 – $22.55

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