Blood Culture Test 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

$30.16

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.

$104.00

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.

$4.64 with Wellpoint vs $93.60 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
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $4.64 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Tenncare $6.60 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $10.32 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Options PPO $10.32 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $10.32 ↓ -66%
Tricare Humana Military $11.05 ↓ -63%
Optum VA CCN $11.05 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $11.38 ↓ -62%
Humana DSNP $11.38 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $11.38 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.38 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $11.38 ↓ -62%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $11.49 ↓ -62%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $11.49 ↓ -62%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $11.60 ↓ -62%
Devoted Health PPO $11.60 ↓ -62%
Devoted Health HMO $11.60 ↓ -62%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $11.60 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare DSNP $11.60 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.60 ↓ -62%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $11.60 ↓ -62%
Cigna Medicare PPO $11.60 ↓ -62%
Cigna Medicare HMO $11.60 ↓ -62%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $11.60 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint DSNP $11.60 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $11.60 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $11.60 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $11.60 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $11.60 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $11.60 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $11.60 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $11.60 ↓ -62%
BCBS TN Blue Care $14.34 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial $15.64 ↓ -48%
Ambetter Exchange $18.68 ↓ -38%
Cigna IFP $20.82 ↓ -31%
Cigna Local Plus $20.91 ↓ -31%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $21.79 ↓ -28%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $21.79 ↓ -28%
Cigna OAP $22.73 ↓ -25%
Cigna HMO $22.73 ↓ -25%
Cigna POS $22.73 ↓ -25%
EHN Network Lease $46.80 ↑ +55%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $62.40 ↑ +107%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $67.60 ↑ +124%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $72.80 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $78.00 ↑ +159%
Direct Care America PPO $83.20 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $83.20 ↑ +176%
National Provider Network PPO $83.20 ↑ +176%
Beech Street PPO $88.40 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $88.40 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $91.52 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $93.60 ↑ +210%

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