Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at LeConte Medical Center
742 Middle Creek Rd, Sevierville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1528052578
$87.29
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.
$301.00
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.
$14.94 with BCBS TN vs $347.00 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.
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 |
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| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $14.94 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $35.33 | ↓ -60% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $122.56 | ↑ +40% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $135.45 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $152.90 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna | IFP | $152.90 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna | OAP | $179.99 | ↑ +106% |
| Cigna | HMO | $179.99 | ↑ +106% |
| Cigna | POS | $179.99 | ↑ +106% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $180.60 | ↑ +107% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $195.65 | ↑ +124% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $210.70 | ↑ +141% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $225.75 | ↑ +159% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $240.80 | ↑ +176% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $240.80 | ↑ +176% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $240.80 | ↑ +176% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $255.85 | ↑ +193% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $255.85 | ↑ +193% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $264.88 | ↑ +203% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $270.90 | ↑ +210% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $347.00 | ↑ +298% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $347.00 | ↑ +298% |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $211.67 | $11.95 – $49.88 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $229.11 | $17.79 – $541.80 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $107.87 | $11.95 – $31.07 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $327.41 | $17.79 – $541.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $101.55 | $13.86 – $142.89 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $222.23 | $11.95 – $49.88 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $222.23 | $11.95 – $49.88 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $211.65 | $17.85 – $49.88 |