Insert cath pleura without 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

$380.48

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.

$1,312.00

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.

$590.40 with EHN vs $3,680.00 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 $590.40 ↑ +55%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $787.20 ↑ +107%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $852.80 ↑ +124%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $918.40 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $984.00 ↑ +159%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,034.00 ↑ +172%
National Provider Network PPO $1,049.60 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,049.60 ↑ +176%
Direct Care America PPO $1,049.60 ↑ +176%
Beech Street PPO $1,115.20 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,115.20 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $1,154.56 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,180.80 ↑ +210%
Cigna IFP $1,250.00 ↑ +229%
Ambetter Exchange $1,308.00 ↑ +244%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,391.00 ↑ +266%
Cigna Local Plus $1,532.00 ↑ +303%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↑ +314%
Cigna HMO $1,802.00 ↑ +374%
Cigna POS $1,802.00 ↑ +374%
Cigna OAP $1,802.00 ↑ +374%
Aetna Commercial $1,808.27 ↑ +375%
Optum VA CCN $1,864.59 ↑ +390%
Tricare Humana Military $1,864.59 ↑ +390%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,894.00 ↑ +398%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,920.53 ↑ +405%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,920.53 ↑ +405%
Humana DSNP $1,920.53 ↑ +405%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,920.53 ↑ +405%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,920.53 ↑ +405%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,939.17 ↑ +410%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,939.17 ↑ +410%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Devoted Health PPO $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Wellpoint DSNP $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Devoted Health HMO $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
United Healthcare DSNP $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,957.82 ↑ +415%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,227.00 ↑ +485%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,717.00 ↑ +614%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $3,680.00 ↑ +867%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $3,680.00 ↑ +867%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,364.58 $733.50 – $1,534.53
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,731.01 $1,169.60 – $4,093.60
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Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,364.58 $954.50 – $1,636.56
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $1,039.60 $1,432.40 – $1,460.21
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