Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at Parkview Regional Medical Center & Parkview Hospital Randallia

11109 Parkview Plaza Drive, Fort Wayne, IN · Parkview · · NPI 1366407603

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$37,347.00

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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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$74,694.00

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.

$19,395.06 with Aetna vs $29,092.59 with BCBS — 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

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
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $19,395.06 ↓ -48%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $19,589.01 ↓ -48%
American Health Plan of Indiana Medicare Managed Care Plan $20,364.81 ↓ -45%
BCBS Anthem All Commercial Plans $28,641.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS Anthem Exchange $29,092.59 ↓ -22%

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Insert hepatic shunt (tips) at other Indiana hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne not published $19,395.06 – $26,041.00
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (St. Mary's Health, Inc.) IN 47750|10388 Warrick Wellness Trail Newburgh $5,600.40 $229.63 – $4,631.00
Ascension St. Vincent Carmel Ambulatory Surgery Center Carmel $9,354.60 $210.76 – $4,631.00
Ascension St. Vincent Naab Surgery Center Indianapolis $9,354.60 $210.76 – $4,631.00
Baptist Health Floyd New Albany $18,997.68 $25,330.24 – $37,995.36
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo (St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc.) Kokomo not published $210.76 – $1,013.10
Ascension St. Vincent Carmel (St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc.) Carmel not published $229.63 – $1,013.10
Ascension St. Vincent Seton (St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital, Inc.) Indianapolis not published $229.63 – $1,013.10

All Indiana hospitals for this procedure →