Lung function test (mbc/mvv) 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

$38.57

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.

$133.00

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.

$24.00 with BCBS TN vs $385.00 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.

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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
BCBS TN Blue Care $24.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $30.00 ↓ -22%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $30.00 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Tenncare $50.01 ↑ +30%
Aetna Commercial $53.20 ↑ +38%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $54.94 ↑ +42%
Optum VA CCN $57.32 ↑ +49%
Tricare Humana Military $57.32 ↑ +49%
Humana DSNP $59.04 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $59.04 ↑ +53%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $59.04 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $59.04 ↑ +53%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $59.04 ↑ +53%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $59.61 ↑ +55%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $59.61 ↑ +55%
EHN Network Lease $59.85 ↑ +55%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $60.19 ↑ +56%
Devoted Health HMO $60.19 ↑ +56%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $60.19 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare DSNP $60.19 ↑ +56%
Devoted Health PPO $60.19 ↑ +56%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $60.19 ↑ +56%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $60.19 ↑ +56%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $60.19 ↑ +56%
Cigna Medicare PPO $60.19 ↑ +56%
Cigna Medicare HMO $60.19 ↑ +56%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $60.19 ↑ +56%
Wellpoint DSNP $60.19 ↑ +56%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $60.19 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $60.19 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $60.19 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $60.19 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $60.19 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $60.19 ↑ +56%
Cigna IFP $67.56 ↑ +75%
Cigna Local Plus $67.56 ↑ +75%
Cigna POS $79.53 ↑ +106%
Cigna HMO $79.53 ↑ +106%
Cigna OAP $79.53 ↑ +106%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $79.80 ↑ +107%
Ambetter Exchange $79.80 ↑ +107%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $86.45 ↑ +124%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $93.10 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $99.75 ↑ +159%
Direct Care America PPO $106.40 ↑ +176%
National Provider Network PPO $106.40 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $106.40 ↑ +176%
Beech Street PPO $113.05 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $113.05 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $117.04 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $119.70 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $268.00 ↑ +595%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $314.00 ↑ +714%
United Healthcare Options PPO $385.00 ↑ +898%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.95 $8.75 – $120.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $147.30 $7.54 – $78.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $147.30 $7.54 – $78.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $147.30 $7.54 – $79.65
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $28.52 $8.75 – $83.90
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $28.95 $8.75 – $120.01
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $28.95 $8.75 – $134.31
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $28.95 $10.63 – $116.76

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