CT thoracic spine without 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

$526.06

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.

$1,814.00

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.

$52.56 with United Healthcare vs $1,632.60 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $52.56 ↓ -90%
Tricare Humana Military $101.59 ↓ -81%
Optum VA CCN $101.59 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $104.64 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $104.64 ↓ -80%
Humana DSNP $104.64 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $104.64 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $104.64 ↓ -80%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $105.65 ↓ -80%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $105.65 ↓ -80%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $106.67 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $106.67 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $106.67 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare DSNP $106.67 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health PPO $106.67 ↓ -80%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $106.67 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $106.67 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $106.67 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $106.67 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint DSNP $106.67 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $106.67 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $106.67 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $106.67 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $106.67 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare PPO $106.67 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare HMO $106.67 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health HMO $106.67 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $106.67 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $111.93 ↓ -79%
BCBS TN Blue Care $147.98 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $229.76 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Options PPO $229.76 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $229.76 ↓ -56%
Cigna Local Plus $279.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna HMO $279.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna OAP $279.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna POS $279.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna IFP $287.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial $415.80 ↓ -21%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $548.00 ↑ +4%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $548.00 ↑ +4%
Ambetter Exchange $639.00 ↑ +21%
EHN Network Lease $816.30 ↑ +55%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,088.40 ↑ +107%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,179.10 ↑ +124%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,269.80 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,360.50 ↑ +159%
Direct Care America PPO $1,451.20 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,451.20 ↑ +176%
National Provider Network PPO $1,451.20 ↑ +176%
Beech Street PPO $1,541.90 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,541.90 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $1,596.32 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,632.60 ↑ +210%

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CT thoracic spine without contrast at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $710.19 $91.66 – $562.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,061.76 $78.34 – $2,510.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $727.26 $84.48 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,517.31 $78.34 – $2,510.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $531.75 $97.56 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $859.25 $90.33 – $562.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $859.25 $90.33 – $562.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $818.33 $90.33 – $562.76

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