Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm 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

$19.87

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.

$60.21

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.

$11.96 with BCBS TN vs $51.27 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $11.96 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial $12.53 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $15.95 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $15.95 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Options PPO $17.09 ↓ -14%
Cigna IFP $24.21 ↑ +22%
EHN Network Lease $25.63 ↑ +29%
Cigna OAP $28.48 ↑ +43%
Cigna HMO $28.48 ↑ +43%
Cigna POS $28.48 ↑ +43%
Ambetter Exchange $28.48 ↑ +43%
Cigna Local Plus $28.48 ↑ +43%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $34.18 ↑ +72%
Tricare Humana Military $34.57 ↑ +74%
Optum VA CCN $34.57 ↑ +74%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $35.32 ↑ +78%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $35.32 ↑ +78%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $35.61 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $35.61 ↑ +79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $35.61 ↑ +79%
Humana DSNP $35.61 ↑ +79%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $35.61 ↑ +79%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $35.95 ↑ +81%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $35.95 ↑ +81%
Devoted Health HMO $36.30 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $36.30 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $36.30 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $36.30 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $36.30 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $36.30 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $36.30 ↑ +83%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $36.30 ↑ +83%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $36.30 ↑ +83%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $36.30 ↑ +83%
Devoted Health PPO $36.30 ↑ +83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.30 ↑ +83%
Cigna Medicare PPO $36.30 ↑ +83%
Cigna Medicare HMO $36.30 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare DSNP $36.30 ↑ +83%
Wellpoint DSNP $36.30 ↑ +83%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $36.30 ↑ +83%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $36.30 ↑ +83%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $37.03 ↑ +86%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $39.87 ↑ +101%
NovaNet Network Lease $42.72 ↑ +115%
Direct Care America PPO $45.57 ↑ +129%
MedSave USA Commercial $45.57 ↑ +129%
National Provider Network PPO $45.57 ↑ +129%
Beech Street PPO $48.42 ↑ +144%
CCN Managed Care PPO $48.42 ↑ +144%
Initial Group PPO $50.13 ↑ +152%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $51.27 ↑ +158%

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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $18.06 $11.96 – $51.27
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell $29.12 $12.64 – $54.18
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $17.10 $11.96 – $51.27
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $19.87 $6.97 – $36.30
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $18.80 $6.97 – $36.30
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $18.23 $11.96 – $51.27
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $9.86 $6.89 – $36.30
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $34.57 – $50.82

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