Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at LeConte Medical Center

742 Middle Creek Rd, Sevierville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1528052578

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$307.40

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.

$1,060.00

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.

$477.00 with EHN vs $2,945.00 with BCBS TN — 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
EHN Network Lease $477.00 ↑ +55%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $636.00 ↑ +107%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $689.00 ↑ +124%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $742.00 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $795.00 ↑ +159%
Direct Care America PPO $848.00 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $848.00 ↑ +176%
National Provider Network PPO $848.00 ↑ +176%
Beech Street PPO $901.00 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $901.00 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $932.80 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $954.00 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,034.00 ↑ +236%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,155.00 ↑ +276%
Cigna IFP $1,250.00 ↑ +307%
Ambetter Exchange $1,308.00 ↑ +326%
Aetna Commercial $1,349.71 ↑ +339%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,391.00 ↑ +353%
Cigna Local Plus $1,532.00 ↑ +398%
Optum VA CCN $1,604.84 ↑ +422%
Tricare Humana Military $1,604.84 ↑ +422%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,652.99 ↑ +438%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,652.99 ↑ +438%
Humana DSNP $1,652.99 ↑ +438%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,652.99 ↑ +438%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,652.99 ↑ +438%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,669.03 ↑ +443%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,669.03 ↑ +443%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Wellpoint DSNP $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Devoted Health HMO $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
United Healthcare DSNP $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Devoted Health PPO $1,685.08 ↑ +448%
Cigna OAP $1,802.00 ↑ +486%
Cigna HMO $1,802.00 ↑ +486%
Cigna POS $1,802.00 ↑ +486%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,894.00 ↑ +516%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,227.00 ↑ +624%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,717.00 ↑ +784%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,945.00 ↑ +858%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,945.00 ↑ +858%

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Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,480.32 $733.50 – $1,141.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $773.75 $522.80 – $1,829.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,105.73 $548.94 – $1,829.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $418.80 $1,280.49 – $3,359.76
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,480.32 $526.32 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,480.32 $526.32 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,480.32 $526.32 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,480.32 $954.50 – $1,217.22

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