Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic 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

$526.34

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.

$1,594.97

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.

$59.49 with BCBS TN vs $254.98 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 $59.49 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial $62.33 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $79.32 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $79.32 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Options PPO $84.99 ↓ -84%
Cigna IFP $120.41 ↓ -77%
EHN Network Lease $127.49 ↓ -76%
Cigna HMO $141.66 ↓ -73%
Cigna OAP $141.66 ↓ -73%
Cigna POS $141.66 ↓ -73%
Cigna Local Plus $141.66 ↓ -73%
Ambetter Exchange $141.66 ↓ -73%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $169.99 ↓ -68%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $175.65 ↓ -67%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $175.65 ↓ -67%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $184.15 ↓ -65%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $198.32 ↓ -62%
NovaNet Network Lease $212.49 ↓ -60%
National Provider Network PPO $226.65 ↓ -57%
MedSave USA Commercial $226.65 ↓ -57%
Direct Care America PPO $226.65 ↓ -57%
Beech Street PPO $240.82 ↓ -54%
CCN Managed Care PPO $240.82 ↓ -54%
Initial Group PPO $249.32 ↓ -53%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $254.98 ↓ -52%

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Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $1,612.50 $33.77 – $144.74
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $1,773.75 $31.71 – $135.91
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $2,021.25 $40.63 – $174.15
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $1,720.00 $40.29 – $172.69

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