Ultrasound spinal canal and contents 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

$53.07

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.

$183.00

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.

$27.91 with United Healthcare vs $454.06 with Ambetter — 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $27.91 ↓ -47%
BCBS TN Blue Care $50.10 ↓ -6%
EHN Network Lease $82.35 ↑ +55%
Tricare Humana Military $101.59 ↑ +91%
Optum VA CCN $101.59 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $104.64 ↑ +97%
Humana DSNP $104.64 ↑ +97%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $104.64 ↑ +97%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $104.64 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $104.64 ↑ +97%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $105.65 ↑ +99%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $105.65 ↑ +99%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $106.67 ↑ +101%
Devoted Health HMO $106.67 ↑ +101%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $106.67 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare DSNP $106.67 ↑ +101%
Devoted Health PPO $106.67 ↑ +101%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $106.67 ↑ +101%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $106.67 ↑ +101%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $106.67 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $106.67 ↑ +101%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $106.67 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint DSNP $106.67 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $106.67 ↑ +101%
Cigna Medicare PPO $106.67 ↑ +101%
Cigna Medicare HMO $106.67 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $106.67 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $106.67 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $106.67 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $106.67 ↑ +101%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $109.80 ↑ +107%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $111.93 ↑ +111%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $118.95 ↑ +124%
Aetna Commercial $122.94 ↑ +132%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $128.10 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $137.25 ↑ +159%
MedSave USA Commercial $146.40 ↑ +176%
National Provider Network PPO $146.40 ↑ +176%
Direct Care America PPO $146.40 ↑ +176%
CCN Managed Care PPO $155.55 ↑ +193%
Beech Street PPO $155.55 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $161.04 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $164.70 ↑ +210%
Cigna IFP $200.90 ↑ +279%
Cigna Local Plus $201.78 ↑ +280%
Cigna POS $219.33 ↑ +313%
Cigna HMO $219.33 ↑ +313%
Cigna OAP $219.33 ↑ +313%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $229.76 ↑ +333%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $229.76 ↑ +333%
United Healthcare Options PPO $229.76 ↑ +333%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $347.00 ↑ +554%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $347.00 ↑ +554%
Ambetter Exchange $454.06 ↑ +756%

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Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $118.91 $40.08 – $194.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $46.49 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $217.62 $40.08 – $229.27
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $376.25 $40.08 – $229.27
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $335.93 $47.68 – $229.27
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $207.26 $40.08 – $229.27
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $99.82 $46.49 – $209.58
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $101.55 $34.67 – $212.67

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