Echo transesophageal intraop at Parkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165
$251.10
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.
$837.00
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.
$224.84 with United Healthcare vs $753.30 with Galaxy Health Network — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $224.84 | ↓ -10% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $376.65 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | IFP | $425.19 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $425.19 | ↑ +69% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $449.05 | ↑ +79% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $450.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $495.75 | ↑ +97% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $495.75 | ↑ +97% |
| Cigna | POS | $500.52 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | OAP | $500.52 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | HMO | $500.52 | ↑ +99% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $502.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $502.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $510.62 | ↑ +103% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $510.62 | ↑ +103% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $510.62 | ↑ +103% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $510.62 | ↑ +103% |
| Humana | DSNP | $510.62 | ↑ +103% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $510.62 | ↑ +103% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $515.58 | ↑ +105% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $515.58 | ↑ +105% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| American Health Plan | ISNP | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| NHC Advantage | ISNP | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $520.54 | ↑ +107% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $528.44 | ↑ +110% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $529.00 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $537.56 | ↑ +114% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $544.05 | ↑ +117% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $585.90 | ↑ +133% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $618.20 | ↑ +146% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $627.75 | ↑ +150% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $627.75 | ↑ +150% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $645.00 | ↑ +157% |
| Cigna | BHO | $669.60 | ↑ +167% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $669.60 | ↑ +167% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $669.60 | ↑ +167% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $669.60 | ↑ +167% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $671.96 | ↑ +168% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $711.45 | ↑ +183% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $736.56 | ↑ +193% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $753.30 | ↑ +200% |
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Echo transesophageal intraop at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $224.84 – $537.56 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,149.95 | $445.04 – $1,128.91 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $1,149.95 | $289.67 – $1,128.91 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,149.95 | $445.04 – $1,128.91 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $460.95 | $445.04 – $1,004.16 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $289.67 – $1,128.91 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $289.67 – $1,128.91 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $903.13 – $1,128.91 |