Brain image 4+ views at Parkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165
$249.60
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.
$832.00
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.
$120.24 with BCBS TN vs $1,090.00 with BCBS TN — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $120.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $192.41 | ↓ -23% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $200.08 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | IFP | $338.78 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $340.26 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | OAP | $369.85 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna | HMO | $369.85 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna | POS | $369.85 | ↑ +48% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $374.40 | ↑ +50% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $440.09 | ↑ +76% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $492.62 | ↑ +97% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $492.62 | ↑ +97% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $499.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $507.40 | ↑ +103% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $507.40 | ↑ +103% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $507.40 | ↑ +103% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $507.40 | ↑ +103% |
| Humana | DSNP | $507.40 | ↑ +103% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $507.40 | ↑ +103% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $512.32 | ↑ +105% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $512.32 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| American Health Plan | ISNP | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| NHC Advantage | ISNP | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $517.25 | ↑ +107% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $540.80 | ↑ +117% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $582.40 | ↑ +133% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $585.19 | ↑ +134% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $624.00 | ↑ +150% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $624.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | BHO | $665.60 | ↑ +167% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $665.60 | ↑ +167% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $665.60 | ↑ +167% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $665.60 | ↑ +167% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $707.20 | ↑ +183% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $732.16 | ↑ +193% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $748.80 | ↑ +200% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $967.56 | ↑ +288% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $967.56 | ↑ +288% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $967.56 | ↑ +288% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $975.00 | ↑ +291% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $1,090.00 | ↑ +337% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $274.56 | $120.24 – $748.80 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $418.80 | $86.63 – $1,104.54 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $418.80 | $111.58 – $1,236.21 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $418.80 | $111.58 – $1,236.21 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $309.12 | $96.19 – $985.78 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $418.80 | $111.58 – $1,073.92 |
| Roane County Medical Center | Harriman | $274.56 | $120.24 – $748.80 |
| Claiborne Medical Center | Tazewell | $232.96 | $120.24 – $748.80 |