Iliac/fem angio cath insert 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

$543.00

Cash price

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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.

$1,810.00

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.

$15.80 with Aetna vs $8,101.00 with Cigna — 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
Aetna Commercial $15.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS TN Blue Care $380.10 ↓ -30%
EHN Network Lease $814.50 ↑ +50%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,086.00 ↑ +100%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $1,086.00 ↑ +100%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,086.00 ↑ +100%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,176.50 ↑ +117%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,267.00 ↑ +133%
Beech Street PPO $1,357.50 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,357.50 ↑ +150%
National Provider Network PPO $1,448.00 ↑ +167%
Cigna BHO $1,448.00 ↑ +167%
Direct Care America PPO $1,448.00 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,448.00 ↑ +167%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,538.50 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $1,592.80 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,629.00 ↑ +200%
Cigna IFP $6,139.00 ↑ +1031%
Cigna Local Plus $6,886.00 ↑ +1168%
Ambetter Exchange $7,026.00 ↑ +1194%
Cigna HMO $8,101.00 ↑ +1392%
Cigna OAP $8,101.00 ↑ +1392%
Cigna POS $8,101.00 ↑ +1392%

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Iliac/fem angio cath insert at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $597.30 $380.10 – $6,139.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $699.26 $10.89 – $21.55
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,360.12 $16.21 – $7,669.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,943.69 $16.21 – $7,669.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,410.45 $10.89 – $22.15
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $1,719.48 $8.54 – $24.87
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $597.30 $380.10 – $6,139.00
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $524.90 $380.10 – $6,139.00

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →