85/100
#187 nationally
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
1901 W Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916 · (865) 541-1101
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center billed $3.00 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 103
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #7
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
345 | $5,245 | $1,566 | -55% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
293 | $10,603 | $2,203 | -45% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
239 | $34,888 | $13,627 | -47% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
207 | $39,837 | $10,493 | -36% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $18,193 | $5,502 | -53% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
116 | $8,527 | $2,658 | -66% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $5,388 | $1,315 | -47% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $20,370 | $9,226 | -53% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $10,185 | $2,875 | -51% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $23,563 | $9,247 | -51% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$93,511 | $15,130 | +13% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,089 | $4,398 | -11% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,422 | $6,422 | -15% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,100 | $7,007 | -23% |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay |
$53,084 | $12,419 | -25% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$21,625 | $6,151 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,282 | $8,504 | -28% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,263 | $3,053 | -33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$5,355 | $4,673 | -79% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$47,132 | $28,523 | -74% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$11,171 | $7,280 | -73% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$13,827 | $7,457 | -68% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$32,296 | $15,769 | -68% |
|
Hypertension with Major Complications
MS-DRG 304 · Inpatient stay |
$16,035 | $8,266 | -68% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$15,752 | $8,619 | -67% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,527 | $2,658 | -66% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.