Chromatography 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

$14.50

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.

$50.00

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.

$8.13 with Wellpoint vs $45.00 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 $8.13 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Tenncare $11.55 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Options PPO $18.06 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $18.06 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $18.06 ↑ +25%
Tricare Humana Military $19.34 ↑ +33%
Optum VA CCN $19.34 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $19.92 ↑ +37%
Humana DSNP $19.92 ↑ +37%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $19.92 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19.92 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $19.92 ↑ +37%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $20.11 ↑ +39%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $20.11 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $20.31 ↑ +40%
Devoted Health HMO $20.31 ↑ +40%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $20.31 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare DSNP $20.31 ↑ +40%
Devoted Health PPO $20.31 ↑ +40%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $20.31 ↑ +40%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $20.31 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.31 ↑ +40%
Cigna Medicare PPO $20.31 ↑ +40%
Cigna Medicare HMO $20.31 ↑ +40%
Wellpoint DSNP $20.31 ↑ +40%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $20.31 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $20.31 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $20.31 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $20.31 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $20.31 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $20.31 ↑ +40%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $20.31 ↑ +40%
EHN Network Lease $22.50 ↑ +55%
BCBS TN Blue Care $25.08 ↑ +73%
Aetna Commercial $27.37 ↑ +89%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $30.00 ↑ +107%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $32.50 ↑ +124%
Ambetter Exchange $32.69 ↑ +125%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $35.00 ↑ +141%
Cigna IFP $36.78 ↑ +154%
Cigna Local Plus $36.94 ↑ +155%
NovaNet Network Lease $37.50 ↑ +159%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $38.11 ↑ +163%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $38.11 ↑ +163%
National Provider Network PPO $40.00 ↑ +176%
Direct Care America PPO $40.00 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $40.00 ↑ +176%
Cigna POS $40.15 ↑ +177%
Cigna OAP $40.15 ↑ +177%
Cigna HMO $40.15 ↑ +177%
Beech Street PPO $42.50 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $42.50 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $44.00 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $45.00 ↑ +210%

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Chromatography at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $86.81 $6.50 – $69.98
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $23.68 $7.55 – $50.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $33.84 $7.55 – $50.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $31.65 $6.24 – $39.37
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $86.81 $12.66 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $86.81 $12.66 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $86.81 $12.66 – $69.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $86.81 $16.25 – $69.98

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