Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation 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

$43.50

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.

$150.00

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.

$13.23 with United Healthcare vs $207.66 with Ambetter — 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 $13.23 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $33.38 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $33.43 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Options PPO $33.43 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $33.43 ↓ -23%
Tricare Humana Military $36.29 ↓ -17%
Optum VA CCN $36.29 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $37.38 ↓ -14%
Humana DSNP $37.38 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $37.38 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $37.38 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $37.38 ↓ -14%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $37.74 ↓ -13%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $37.74 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $38.10 ↓ -12%
Devoted Health HMO $38.10 ↓ -12%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $38.10 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare DSNP $38.10 ↓ -12%
Devoted Health PPO $38.10 ↓ -12%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $38.10 ↓ -12%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $38.10 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $38.10 ↓ -12%
Cigna Medicare PPO $38.10 ↓ -12%
Cigna Medicare HMO $38.10 ↓ -12%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $38.10 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint DSNP $38.10 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $38.10 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $38.10 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $38.10 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $38.10 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $38.10 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $38.10 ↓ -12%
BCBS TN Blue Care $46.91 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $53.55 ↑ +23%
EHN Network Lease $67.50 ↑ +55%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $71.31 ↑ +64%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $71.31 ↑ +64%
Cigna IFP $87.52 ↑ +101%
Cigna Local Plus $87.91 ↑ +102%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $90.00 ↑ +107%
Cigna POS $95.55 ↑ +120%
Cigna HMO $95.55 ↑ +120%
Cigna OAP $95.55 ↑ +120%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $97.50 ↑ +124%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $105.00 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $112.50 ↑ +159%
National Provider Network PPO $120.00 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $120.00 ↑ +176%
Direct Care America PPO $120.00 ↑ +176%
Beech Street PPO $127.50 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $127.50 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $132.00 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $135.00 ↑ +210%
Ambetter Exchange $207.66 ↑ +377%

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $28.98 $6.18 – $138.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $80.81 $9.20 – $191.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.49 $6.18 – $71.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $115.48 $9.20 – $191.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $51.45 $7.17 – $75.98
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $28.98 $6.18 – $138.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $28.98 $6.18 – $138.36
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $28.98 $8.45 – $138.36

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