Echo transesophageal 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

$348.29

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.

$1,201.00

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.

$167.84 with BCBS TN vs $1,080.90 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $167.84 ↓ -52%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $209.81 ↓ -40%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $209.81 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Tenncare $224.84 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $450.00 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $480.93 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $529.00 ↑ +52%
Optum VA CCN $530.95 ↑ +52%
Tricare Humana Military $530.95 ↑ +52%
EHN Network Lease $540.45 ↑ +55%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $546.88 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $546.88 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $546.88 ↑ +57%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $546.88 ↑ +57%
Humana DSNP $546.88 ↑ +57%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $552.19 ↑ +59%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $552.19 ↑ +59%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $557.50 ↑ +60%
Devoted Health HMO $557.50 ↑ +60%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $557.50 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare DSNP $557.50 ↑ +60%
Devoted Health PPO $557.50 ↑ +60%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $557.50 ↑ +60%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $557.50 ↑ +60%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $557.50 ↑ +60%
Cigna Medicare PPO $557.50 ↑ +60%
Cigna Medicare HMO $557.50 ↑ +60%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $557.50 ↑ +60%
Wellpoint DSNP $557.50 ↑ +60%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $557.50 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $557.50 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $557.50 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $557.50 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $557.50 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $557.50 ↑ +60%
Cigna Local Plus $610.10 ↑ +75%
Cigna IFP $610.10 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare Options PPO $645.00 ↑ +85%
Cigna OAP $718.19 ↑ +106%
Cigna POS $718.19 ↑ +106%
Cigna HMO $718.19 ↑ +106%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $720.60 ↑ +107%
Ambetter Exchange $720.60 ↑ +107%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $780.65 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial $799.18 ↑ +129%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $840.70 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $900.75 ↑ +159%
Direct Care America PPO $960.80 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $960.80 ↑ +176%
National Provider Network PPO $960.80 ↑ +176%
Beech Street PPO $1,020.85 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,020.85 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $1,056.88 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,080.90 ↑ +210%

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Echo transesophageal at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $733.20 $180.02 – $1,733.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,047.78 $180.02 – $1,733.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $293.10 $140.31 – $1,111.55
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,130.30 $120.96 – $735.15
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $287.73 $140.31 – $684.61
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $293.10 $140.31 – $1,111.55
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $293.10 $140.31 – $1,244.06
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $293.10 $170.55 – $1,081.53

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