Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Parkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165
$347.40
Cash price 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.
$1,158.00
Gross charge 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.
$88.23 with Aetna vs $2,009.00 with Ambetter — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Commercial | $88.23 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | IFP | $144.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $145.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | OAP | $169.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | POS | $169.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | HMO | $169.00 | ↓ -51% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $260.55 | ↓ -25% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $278.49 | ↓ -20% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $278.49 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $286.84 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $286.84 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $286.84 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $286.84 | ↓ -17% |
| Humana | DSNP | $286.84 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $286.84 | ↓ -17% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $289.63 | ↓ -17% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $289.63 | ↓ -17% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| American Health Plan | ISNP | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| NHC Advantage | ISNP | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $292.41 | ↓ -16% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $307.90 | ↓ -11% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $317.00 | ↓ -9% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $347.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $376.35 | ↑ +8% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $405.30 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $433.00 | ↑ +25% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $434.25 | ↑ +25% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $434.25 | ↑ +25% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $463.20 | ↑ +33% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $463.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | BHO | $463.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $463.20 | ↑ +33% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $492.15 | ↑ +42% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $509.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $509.52 | ↑ +47% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $521.10 | ↑ +50% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $624.00 | ↑ +80% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $1,575.00 | ↑ +353% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $1,685.00 | ↑ +385% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $1,887.00 | ↑ +443% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $2,009.00 | ↑ +478% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $382.14 | $260.55 – $521.10 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $860.09 | $45.00 – $2,225.50 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $326.49 | $220.60 – $772.10 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $495.65 | $234.50 – $539.08 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $466.57 | $231.63 – $772.10 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $245.85 | $232.44 – $624.42 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $860.09 | $45.00 – $2,225.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $860.48 | $45.00 – $2,225.50 |