Drain cath image guided visceral pq 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

$790.54

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.

$2,726.00

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.

$1,034.00 with United Healthcare vs $4,595.00 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,034.00 ↑ +31%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,155.00 ↑ +46%
EHN Network Lease $1,226.70 ↑ +55%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,391.00 ↑ +76%
Optum VA CCN $1,604.84 ↑ +103%
Tricare Humana Military $1,604.84 ↑ +103%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,635.60 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,652.99 ↑ +109%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,652.99 ↑ +109%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,652.99 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,652.99 ↑ +109%
Humana DSNP $1,652.99 ↑ +109%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,669.03 ↑ +111%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,669.03 ↑ +111%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Devoted Health HMO $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare DSNP $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Devoted Health PPO $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Wellpoint DSNP $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,685.08 ↑ +113%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,771.90 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial $1,808.27 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,894.00 ↑ +140%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,908.20 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $2,044.50 ↑ +159%
Direct Care America PPO $2,180.80 ↑ +176%
National Provider Network PPO $2,180.80 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $2,180.80 ↑ +176%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,227.00 ↑ +182%
Beech Street PPO $2,317.10 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $2,317.10 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $2,398.88 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,453.40 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,717.00 ↑ +244%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,945.00 ↑ +273%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,945.00 ↑ +273%
Cigna IFP $3,186.00 ↑ +303%
Ambetter Exchange $3,332.00 ↑ +321%
Cigna Local Plus $3,907.00 ↑ +394%
Cigna HMO $4,595.00 ↑ +481%
Cigna OAP $4,595.00 ↑ +481%
Cigna POS $4,595.00 ↑ +481%

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Drain cath image guided visceral pq at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,618.61 $1,141.72 – $3,142.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $517.71 $349.80 – $1,224.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $739.83 $367.29 – $1,224.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $1,161.30 $934.18 – $3,359.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,587.32 $526.32 – $3,160.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,587.32 $1,217.22 – $3,160.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $1,161.30 $1,013.71 – $3,359.76
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $1,161.30 $949.72 – $3,760.30

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