Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism 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

$36.83

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.

$127.00

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.

$15.79 with Wellpoint vs $78.78 with Cigna — 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 $15.79 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Tenncare $22.45 ↓ -39%
EHN Network Lease $31.50 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Options PPO $35.09 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $35.09 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $35.09 ↓ -5%
Optum VA CCN $37.58 ↑ +2%
Tricare Humana Military $37.58 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $38.71 ↑ +5%
Humana DSNP $38.71 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $38.71 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $38.71 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $38.71 ↑ +5%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $39.08 ↑ +6%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $39.08 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $39.46 ↑ +7%
Devoted Health HMO $39.46 ↑ +7%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $39.46 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare DSNP $39.46 ↑ +7%
Devoted Health PPO $39.46 ↑ +7%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $39.46 ↑ +7%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $39.46 ↑ +7%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $39.46 ↑ +7%
Cigna Medicare PPO $39.46 ↑ +7%
Cigna Medicare HMO $39.46 ↑ +7%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $39.46 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $39.46 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $39.46 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $39.46 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $39.46 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $39.46 ↑ +7%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $39.46 ↑ +7%
Wellpoint DSNP $39.46 ↑ +7%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $42.00 ↑ +14%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $45.50 ↑ +24%
BCBS TN Blue Care $48.74 ↑ +32%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $49.00 ↑ +33%
NovaNet Network Lease $52.50 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial $53.17 ↑ +44%
National Provider Network PPO $56.00 ↑ +52%
Direct Care America PPO $56.00 ↑ +52%
MedSave USA Commercial $56.00 ↑ +52%
Beech Street PPO $59.50 ↑ +62%
CCN Managed Care PPO $59.50 ↑ +62%
Initial Group PPO $61.60 ↑ +67%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $63.00 ↑ +71%
Ambetter Exchange $63.51 ↑ +72%
Cigna IFP $72.16 ↑ +96%
Cigna Local Plus $72.47 ↑ +97%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $74.08 ↑ +101%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $74.08 ↑ +101%
Cigna HMO $78.78 ↑ +114%
Cigna OAP $78.78 ↑ +114%
Cigna POS $78.78 ↑ +114%

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate each organism at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,093.32 $12.63 – $135.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $87.03 $31.18 – $117.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $25.30 $30.53 – $70.18
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $124.37 $31.18 – $117.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $61.50 $17.55 – $76.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,093.32 $24.61 – $135.44
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,093.32 $24.61 – $135.44
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,093.32 $31.58 – $135.44

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