Insert cath pleura with image 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

$856.08

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.

$2,952.00

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.

$664.20 with EHN vs $2,945.00 with BCBS TN — 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
EHN Network Lease $664.20 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Tenncare $819.00 ↓ -4%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $885.60 ↑ +3%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $959.40 ↑ +12%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,033.20 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,066.00 ↑ +25%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,107.00 ↑ +29%
National Provider Network PPO $1,180.80 ↑ +38%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,180.80 ↑ +38%
Direct Care America PPO $1,180.80 ↑ +38%
Cigna IFP $1,250.00 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $1,254.00 ↑ +46%
Beech Street PPO $1,254.60 ↑ +47%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,254.60 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,259.81 ↑ +47%
Initial Group PPO $1,298.88 ↑ +52%
Ambetter Exchange $1,308.00 ↑ +53%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,328.40 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,526.00 ↑ +78%
Optum VA CCN $1,529.59 ↑ +79%
Tricare Humana Military $1,529.59 ↑ +79%
Cigna Local Plus $1,532.00 ↑ +79%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,575.48 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,575.48 ↑ +84%
Humana DSNP $1,575.48 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,575.48 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,575.48 ↑ +84%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,590.77 ↑ +86%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,590.77 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health HMO $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare DSNP $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health PPO $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint DSNP $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,606.07 ↑ +88%
Cigna POS $1,802.00 ↑ +110%
Cigna OAP $1,802.00 ↑ +110%
Cigna HMO $1,802.00 ↑ +110%
Aetna Commercial $1,808.27 ↑ +111%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,945.00 ↑ +244%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,945.00 ↑ +244%

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Insert cath pleura with image at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,808.93 $733.50 – $1,534.53
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,384.99 $935.80 – $3,275.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,979.22 $982.59 – $3,275.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $517.35 $933.72 – $3,202.23
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,808.99 $244.68 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,808.99 $954.50 – $1,636.56
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $507.84 $1,382.71 – $1,460.21
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $517.35 $834.96 – $3,202.23

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