Change cystostomy tube simple at Parkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165
$298.80
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.
$996.00
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.
$78.72 with Aetna vs $1,887.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | Commercial | $78.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $226.68 | ↓ -24% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $226.68 | ↓ -24% |
| Humana | DSNP | $233.48 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $233.48 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $233.48 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $233.48 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $233.48 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $233.48 | ↓ -22% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $235.75 | ↓ -21% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $235.75 | ↓ -21% |
| NHC Advantage | ISNP | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| American Health Plan | ISNP | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $238.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $307.90 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $317.00 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $433.00 | ↑ +45% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $448.20 | ↑ +50% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $509.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $597.60 | ↑ +100% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $624.00 | ↑ +109% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $647.40 | ↑ +117% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $697.20 | ↑ +133% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $747.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $747.00 | ↑ +150% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $796.80 | ↑ +167% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $796.80 | ↑ +167% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $796.80 | ↑ +167% |
| Cigna | BHO | $796.80 | ↑ +167% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $846.60 | ↑ +183% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $876.48 | ↑ +193% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $896.40 | ↑ +200% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $1,155.00 | ↑ +287% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,250.00 | ↑ +318% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $1,308.00 | ↑ +338% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,532.00 | ↑ +413% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $1,685.00 | ↑ +464% |
| Cigna | POS | $1,802.00 | ↑ +503% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,802.00 | ↑ +503% |
| Cigna | OAP | $1,802.00 | ↑ +503% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $1,887.00 | ↑ +532% |
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Change cystostomy tube simple at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $328.68 | $226.68 – $896.40 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $402.33 | $209.63 – $1,141.72 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $230.88 | $156.00 – $546.00 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $72.22 | $193.21 – $444.16 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $329.94 | $163.80 – $546.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $286.65 | $50.95 – $508.25 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $402.33 | $209.63 – $1,217.22 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $281.06 | $50.95 – $121.22 |