Brain image w/flow 4 + views 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

$249.60

Cash price

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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

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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.

$136.94 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.

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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 Blue Care $136.94 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Tenncare $200.08 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial $319.11 ↑ +28%
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 DSNP $507.40 ↑ +103%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $507.40 ↑ +103%
Humana Medicare Advantage $507.40 ↑ +103%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $507.40 ↑ +103%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $507.40 ↑ +103%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $507.40 ↑ +103%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $512.32 ↑ +105%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $512.32 ↑ +105%
American Health Plan ISNP $517.25 ↑ +107%
Devoted Health HMO $517.25 ↑ +107%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $517.25 ↑ +107%
Devoted Health PPO $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%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $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%
Cigna IFP $569.80 ↑ +128%
Cigna Local Plus $572.29 ↑ +129%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $582.40 ↑ +133%
Cigna HMO $622.05 ↑ +149%
Cigna POS $622.05 ↑ +149%
Cigna OAP $622.05 ↑ +149%
Beech Street PPO $624.00 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $624.00 ↑ +150%
MedSave USA Commercial $665.60 ↑ +167%
Direct Care America PPO $665.60 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $665.60 ↑ +167%
Cigna BHO $665.60 ↑ +167%
CCN Managed Care PPO $707.20 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $732.16 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $748.80 ↑ +200%
Ambetter Exchange $953.66 ↑ +282%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $967.56 ↑ +288%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $967.56 ↑ +288%
United Healthcare Options PPO $967.56 ↑ +288%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $975.00 ↑ +291%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,090.00 ↑ +337%

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Brain image w/flow 4 + views at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $274.56 $136.94 – $953.66
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $127.08 – $1,104.54
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $452.25 $127.08 – $1,104.54
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $452.25 $127.08 – $1,236.21
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $154.47 – $1,074.72
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $452.25 $127.08 – $1,236.21
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $470.19 $109.55 – $985.78
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $452.25 $127.08 – $1,182.29

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