Warde zinc 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

$5.80

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.

$20.00

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.

$5.13 with Wellpoint vs $25.75 with Cigna — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $5.13 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Tenncare $7.29 ↑ +26%
EHN Network Lease $9.00 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $11.39 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Options PPO $11.39 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $11.39 ↑ +96%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $12.00 ↑ +107%
Tricare Humana Military $12.20 ↑ +110%
Optum VA CCN $12.20 ↑ +110%
Humana DSNP $12.57 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12.57 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $12.57 ↑ +117%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $12.57 ↑ +117%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $12.57 ↑ +117%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $12.69 ↑ +119%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $12.69 ↑ +119%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $12.81 ↑ +121%
Devoted Health HMO $12.81 ↑ +121%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $12.81 ↑ +121%
United Healthcare DSNP $12.81 ↑ +121%
Devoted Health PPO $12.81 ↑ +121%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $12.81 ↑ +121%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $12.81 ↑ +121%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.81 ↑ +121%
Cigna Medicare PPO $12.81 ↑ +121%
Cigna Medicare HMO $12.81 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $12.81 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $12.81 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $12.81 ↑ +121%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $12.81 ↑ +121%
Wellpoint DSNP $12.81 ↑ +121%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $12.81 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $12.81 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $12.81 ↑ +121%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $13.00 ↑ +124%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $14.00 ↑ +141%
NovaNet Network Lease $15.00 ↑ +159%
BCBS TN Blue Care $15.81 ↑ +173%
Direct Care America PPO $16.00 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $16.00 ↑ +176%
National Provider Network PPO $16.00 ↑ +176%
Beech Street PPO $17.00 ↑ +193%
CCN Managed Care PPO $17.00 ↑ +193%
Aetna Commercial $17.25 ↑ +197%
Initial Group PPO $17.60 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $18.00 ↑ +210%
Ambetter Exchange $20.62 ↑ +256%
Cigna IFP $23.59 ↑ +307%
Cigna Local Plus $23.69 ↑ +308%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $24.04 ↑ +314%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $24.04 ↑ +314%
Cigna HMO $25.75 ↑ +344%
Cigna OAP $25.75 ↑ +344%
Cigna POS $25.75 ↑ +344%

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Warde zinc at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $74.40 $4.10 – $44.02
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $20.43 $10.12 – $48.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $46.46 $9.91 – $22.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $29.19 $10.12 – $48.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.95 $5.70 – $24.83
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $74.40 $7.98 – $44.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $74.40 $7.98 – $44.02
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $74.40 $7.98 – $44.02

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