Immunofixation electrophoresis serum 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

$104.98

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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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$362.00

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.

$10.05 with Wellpoint vs $54.90 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
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $10.05 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Tenncare $14.29 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Options PPO $22.34 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $22.34 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $22.34 ↓ -79%
Tricare Humana Military $23.93 ↓ -77%
Optum VA CCN $23.93 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $24.65 ↓ -77%
Humana DSNP $24.65 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $24.65 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $24.65 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $24.65 ↓ -77%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $24.89 ↓ -76%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $24.89 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $25.13 ↓ -76%
Devoted Health HMO $25.13 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $25.13 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare DSNP $25.13 ↓ -76%
Devoted Health PPO $25.13 ↓ -76%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $25.13 ↓ -76%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $25.13 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25.13 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare PPO $25.13 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare HMO $25.13 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint DSNP $25.13 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $25.13 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $25.13 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $25.13 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $25.13 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $25.13 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $25.13 ↓ -76%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $25.13 ↓ -76%
EHN Network Lease $27.45 ↓ -74%
BCBS TN Blue Care $31.04 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial $33.86 ↓ -68%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $36.60 ↓ -65%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $39.65 ↓ -62%
Ambetter Exchange $40.44 ↓ -61%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $42.70 ↓ -59%
NovaNet Network Lease $45.75 ↓ -56%
Cigna IFP $45.78 ↓ -56%
Cigna Local Plus $45.98 ↓ -56%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $47.18 ↓ -55%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $47.18 ↓ -55%
National Provider Network PPO $48.80 ↓ -54%
Direct Care America PPO $48.80 ↓ -54%
MedSave USA Commercial $48.80 ↓ -54%
Cigna POS $49.98 ↓ -52%
Cigna OAP $49.98 ↓ -52%
Cigna HMO $49.98 ↓ -52%
Beech Street PPO $51.85 ↓ -51%
CCN Managed Care PPO $51.85 ↓ -51%
Initial Group PPO $53.68 ↓ -49%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $54.90 ↓ -48%

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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $18.81 $8.04 – $86.93
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $80.52 $19.85 – $190.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $54.28 $19.44 – $44.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $115.06 $19.85 – $190.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $39.15 $11.17 – $48.70
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $18.81 $15.66 – $86.93
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $18.81 $15.66 – $86.93
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $18.81 $15.66 – $86.93

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