Air injection into abdomen 49400 at Parkwest Medical Center

9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$108.90

Cash price

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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.

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$363.00

Gross charge

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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.

$131.00 with BCBS TN vs $3,419.00 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
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $131.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial $144.69 ↑ +33%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $155.00 ↑ +42%
EHN Network Lease $163.35 ↑ +50%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $217.80 ↑ +100%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $235.95 ↑ +117%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $254.10 ↑ +133%
Beech Street PPO $272.25 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $272.25 ↑ +150%
Direct Care America PPO $290.40 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $290.40 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $290.40 ↑ +167%
Cigna BHO $290.40 ↑ +167%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $307.90 ↑ +183%
CCN Managed Care PPO $308.55 ↑ +183%
United Healthcare Tenncare $317.00 ↑ +191%
Initial Group PPO $319.44 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $326.70 ↑ +200%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $433.00 ↑ +298%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $509.00 ↑ +367%
United Healthcare Options PPO $624.00 ↑ +473%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↑ +1346%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↑ +1745%
Cigna IFP $2,372.00 ↑ +2078%
Cigna Local Plus $2,857.00 ↑ +2524%
Cigna POS $3,419.00 ↑ +3040%
Cigna HMO $3,419.00 ↑ +3040%
Cigna OAP $3,419.00 ↑ +3040%

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Air injection into abdomen 49400 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $119.79 $163.35 – $326.70
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $89.25 $85.04 – $85.04
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $119.79 $163.35 – $326.70
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $119.79 $163.35 – $326.70
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $116.16 $163.35 – $326.70
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $108.90 $163.35 – $326.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $1,141.72 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $2,118.00 – $2,225.50

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