Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance 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

$359.60

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$1,240.00

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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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$558.00 with EHN vs $2,356.00 with BCBS TN — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
EHN Network Lease $558.00 ↑ +55%
Optum VA CCN $685.90 ↑ +91%
Tricare Humana Military $685.90 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $706.48 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $706.48 ↑ +96%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $706.48 ↑ +96%
Humana DSNP $706.48 ↑ +96%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $706.48 ↑ +96%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $713.34 ↑ +98%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $713.34 ↑ +98%
Wellpoint DSNP $720.20 ↑ +100%
Devoted Health HMO $720.20 ↑ +100%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $720.20 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare DSNP $720.20 ↑ +100%
Devoted Health PPO $720.20 ↑ +100%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $720.20 ↑ +100%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $720.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $720.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $720.20 ↑ +100%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $720.20 ↑ +100%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $720.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $720.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Medicare PPO $720.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Medicare HMO $720.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $720.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $720.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $720.20 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $720.20 ↑ +100%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $744.00 ↑ +107%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $806.00 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare Tenncare $819.00 ↑ +128%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $868.00 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $930.00 ↑ +159%
National Provider Network PPO $992.00 ↑ +176%
Direct Care America PPO $992.00 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $992.00 ↑ +176%
Beech Street PPO $1,054.00 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,054.00 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,066.00 ↑ +196%
Initial Group PPO $1,091.20 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,116.00 ↑ +210%
Cigna IFP $1,250.00 ↑ +248%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $1,254.00 ↑ +249%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,259.81 ↑ +250%
Ambetter Exchange $1,308.00 ↑ +264%
Aetna Commercial $1,349.71 ↑ +275%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,526.00 ↑ +324%
Cigna Local Plus $1,532.00 ↑ +326%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↑ +338%
Cigna POS $1,802.00 ↑ +401%
Cigna HMO $1,802.00 ↑ +401%
Cigna OAP $1,802.00 ↑ +401%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,356.00 ↑ +555%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,356.00 ↑ +555%

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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,002.87 $596.91 – $998.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $392.80 $265.40 – $928.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $434.93 $550.14 – $1,264.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $561.33 $278.67 – $928.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $447.90 $516.15 – $1,435.94
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $984.14 $588.30 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $984.14 $588.30 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $984.14 $588.30 – $1,004.50

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