Graft xenmtrx sft rect 19x28cm 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

$1,958.55

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.

$5,935.00

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.

$254.20 with BCBS TN vs $1,089.45 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 $254.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial $266.31 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $338.94 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $338.94 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Options PPO $363.15 ↓ -81%
Cigna IFP $514.46 ↓ -74%
EHN Network Lease $544.72 ↓ -72%
Cigna HMO $605.25 ↓ -69%
Cigna OAP $605.25 ↓ -69%
Cigna POS $605.25 ↓ -69%
Cigna Local Plus $605.25 ↓ -69%
Ambetter Exchange $605.25 ↓ -69%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $726.30 ↓ -63%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $750.51 ↓ -62%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $750.51 ↓ -62%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $786.82 ↓ -60%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $847.35 ↓ -57%
NovaNet Network Lease $907.87 ↓ -54%
National Provider Network PPO $968.40 ↓ -51%
MedSave USA Commercial $968.40 ↓ -51%
Direct Care America PPO $968.40 ↓ -51%
Beech Street PPO $1,028.92 ↓ -47%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,028.92 ↓ -47%
Initial Group PPO $1,065.24 ↓ -46%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,089.45 ↓ -44%

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Graft xenmtrx sft rect 19x28cm at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $183.59 $64.26 – $306.00
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $1,780.50 $254.20 – $1,089.45
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell $1,451.37 $239.55 – $1,026.67
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $1,958.55 $198.97 – $852.76
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $1,958.55 $198.97 – $852.76
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $1,899.20 $284.13 – $1,217.70
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $1,780.50 $223.77 – $959.04

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