Chest CT scan (with contrast) 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

$541.72

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.

$1,868.00

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.

$123.57 with United Healthcare vs $1,681.20 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $123.57 ↓ -77%
BCBS TN Blue Care $152.45 ↓ -72%
Optum VA CCN $170.44 ↓ -69%
Tricare Humana Military $170.44 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $175.55 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $175.55 ↓ -68%
Humana DSNP $175.55 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $175.55 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $175.55 ↓ -68%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $177.26 ↓ -67%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $177.26 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $178.96 ↓ -67%
Cigna Medicare PPO $178.96 ↓ -67%
Cigna Medicare HMO $178.96 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health HMO $178.96 ↓ -67%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $178.96 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $178.96 ↓ -67%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $178.96 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $178.96 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare DSNP $178.96 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $178.96 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $178.96 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $178.96 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health PPO $178.96 ↓ -67%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $178.96 ↓ -67%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $178.96 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $178.96 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $178.96 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint DSNP $178.96 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $181.97 ↓ -66%
Cigna Local Plus $279.00 ↓ -48%
Cigna HMO $279.00 ↓ -48%
Cigna OAP $279.00 ↓ -48%
Cigna POS $279.00 ↓ -48%
Cigna IFP $287.00 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $373.55 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Options PPO $373.55 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $373.55 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial $415.80 ↓ -23%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $548.00 ↑ +1%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $548.00 ↑ +1%
Ambetter Exchange $639.00 ↑ +18%
EHN Network Lease $840.60 ↑ +55%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,120.80 ↑ +107%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,214.20 ↑ +124%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,307.60 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,401.00 ↑ +159%
Direct Care America PPO $1,494.40 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,494.40 ↑ +176%
National Provider Network PPO $1,494.40 ↑ +176%
Beech Street PPO $1,587.80 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,587.80 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $1,643.84 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,681.20 ↑ +210%

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Chest CT scan (with contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $882.89 $153.44 – $562.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,410.15 $157.26 – $3,334.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $808.68 $141.42 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,015.18 $157.26 – $3,334.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $559.65 $163.67 – $406.92
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $832.46 $148.75 – $562.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $832.46 $148.75 – $562.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $792.81 $148.75 – $562.76

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