Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at LeConte Medical Center
742 Middle Creek Rd, Sevierville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1528052578
$72.79
Cash price 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.
$251.00
Gross charge 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.
$23.91 with BCBS TN vs $229.76 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $23.91 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $40.99 | ↓ -44% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $52.56 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | IFP | $60.75 | ↓ -17% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $61.02 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | OAP | $66.33 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | HMO | $66.33 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | POS | $66.33 | ↓ -9% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $101.59 | ↑ +40% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $101.59 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $104.64 | ↑ +44% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $104.64 | ↑ +44% |
| Humana | DSNP | $104.64 | ↑ +44% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $104.64 | ↑ +44% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $104.64 | ↑ +44% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $105.65 | ↑ +45% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $105.65 | ↑ +45% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $106.67 | ↑ +47% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $111.93 | ↑ +54% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $112.95 | ↑ +55% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $123.61 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $141.00 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $141.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $150.60 | ↑ +107% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $163.15 | ↑ +124% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $175.70 | ↑ +141% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $188.25 | ↑ +159% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $200.80 | ↑ +176% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $200.80 | ↑ +176% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $200.80 | ↑ +176% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $213.35 | ↑ +193% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $213.35 | ↑ +193% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $220.88 | ↑ +203% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $225.90 | ↑ +210% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $229.76 | ↑ +216% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $229.76 | ↑ +216% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $229.76 | ↑ +216% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $122.97 | $19.13 – $179.33 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $248.35 | $28.47 – $587.30 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $137.08 | $19.13 – $194.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $354.90 | $28.47 – $587.30 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $65.85 | $22.19 – $212.67 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $180.96 | $19.13 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $180.96 | $19.13 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $172.35 | $22.18 – $179.33 |