Mr spectroscopy 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

$504.24

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.

$1,528.00

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.

$78.96 with Optum vs $1,375.20 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
Optum VA CCN $78.96 ↓ -84%
Tricare Humana Military $78.96 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $81.33 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $81.33 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $81.33 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $81.33 ↓ -84%
Humana DSNP $81.33 ↓ -84%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $82.12 ↓ -84%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $82.12 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $82.91 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health HMO $82.91 ↓ -84%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $82.91 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare DSNP $82.91 ↓ -84%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $82.91 ↓ -84%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $82.91 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $82.91 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health PPO $82.91 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare PPO $82.91 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare HMO $82.91 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $82.91 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint DSNP $82.91 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $82.91 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $82.91 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $82.91 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $82.91 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $82.91 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $82.91 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Tenncare $176.70 ↓ -65%
BCBS TN Blue Care $419.11 ↓ -17%
Cigna Local Plus $472.00 ↓ -6%
Cigna HMO $472.00 ↓ -6%
Cigna OAP $472.00 ↓ -6%
Cigna POS $472.00 ↓ -6%
Cigna IFP $482.00 ↓ -4%
EHN Network Lease $687.60 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $738.35 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $738.35 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Options PPO $738.35 ↑ +46%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $864.00 ↑ +71%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $864.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial $893.66 ↑ +77%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $916.80 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $993.20 ↑ +97%
Ambetter Exchange $1,022.00 ↑ +103%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,069.60 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,146.00 ↑ +127%
National Provider Network PPO $1,222.40 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,222.40 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $1,222.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $1,298.80 ↑ +158%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,298.80 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $1,344.64 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,375.20 ↑ +173%

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