X-ray sternum > 2 views 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

$56.26

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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.

$194.00

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.

$23.21 with BCBS TN vs $174.60 with Galaxy Health Network — 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 $23.21 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Tenncare $27.91 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial $34.13 ↓ -39%
Cigna IFP $50.36 ↓ -10%
Cigna Local Plus $50.58 ↓ -10%
Cigna HMO $54.98 ↓ -2%
Cigna OAP $54.98 ↓ -2%
Cigna POS $54.98 ↓ -2%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $79.70 ↑ +42%
Tricare Humana Military $84.56 ↑ +50%
Optum VA CCN $84.56 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $87.10 ↑ +55%
Humana DSNP $87.10 ↑ +55%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $87.10 ↑ +55%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $87.10 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $87.10 ↑ +55%
EHN Network Lease $87.30 ↑ +55%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $87.94 ↑ +56%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $87.94 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $88.79 ↑ +58%
Devoted Health HMO $88.79 ↑ +58%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $88.79 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare DSNP $88.79 ↑ +58%
Devoted Health PPO $88.79 ↑ +58%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $88.79 ↑ +58%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $88.79 ↑ +58%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $88.79 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare PPO $88.79 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare HMO $88.79 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $88.79 ↑ +58%
Wellpoint DSNP $88.79 ↑ +58%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $88.79 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $88.79 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $88.79 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $88.79 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $88.79 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $88.79 ↑ +58%
Ambetter Exchange $104.94 ↑ +87%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $116.40 ↑ +107%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $126.10 ↑ +124%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $135.80 ↑ +141%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $141.00 ↑ +151%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $141.00 ↑ +151%
NovaNet Network Lease $145.50 ↑ +159%
Direct Care America PPO $155.20 ↑ +176%
National Provider Network PPO $155.20 ↑ +176%
MedSave USA Commercial $155.20 ↑ +176%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $163.61 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare Options PPO $163.61 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $163.61 ↑ +191%
CCN Managed Care PPO $164.90 ↑ +193%
Beech Street PPO $164.90 ↑ +193%
Initial Group PPO $170.72 ↑ +203%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $174.60 ↑ +210%

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X-ray sternum > 2 views at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $106.43 $18.57 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $212.24 $27.64 – $501.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $123.51 $18.57 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $303.30 $27.64 – $501.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $65.85 $21.54 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $132.98 $18.57 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $132.98 $18.57 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $126.65 $22.18 – $127.70

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