Insert sq defib electrode 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

$3,532.80

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.

$11,776.00

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.

$832.31 with Aetna vs $15,328.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $832.31 ↓ -76%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,890.00 ↓ -47%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna IFP $2,372.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Local Plus $2,857.00 ↓ -19%
Cigna POS $3,419.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO $3,419.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna OAP $3,419.00 ↓ -3%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $5,144.00 ↑ +46%
EHN Network Lease $5,299.20 ↑ +50%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $5,761.00 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Tenncare $6,937.00 ↑ +96%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $7,065.60 ↑ +100%
Optum VA CCN $7,508.05 ↑ +113%
Tricare Humana Military $7,508.05 ↑ +113%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $7,654.40 ↑ +117%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $7,733.29 ↑ +119%
Humana DSNP $7,733.29 ↑ +119%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7,733.29 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7,733.29 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $7,733.29 ↑ +119%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $7,733.29 ↑ +119%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $7,808.37 ↑ +121%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $7,808.37 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Devoted Health HMO $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
American Health Plan ISNP $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
United Healthcare DSNP $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Cigna Medicare PPO $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Cigna Medicare HMO $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint DSNP $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
NHC Advantage ISNP $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Devoted Health PPO $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $7,883.45 ↑ +123%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $8,243.20 ↑ +133%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $8,400.00 ↑ +138%
Beech Street PPO $8,832.00 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $8,832.00 ↑ +150%
Direct Care America PPO $9,420.80 ↑ +167%
Cigna BHO $9,420.80 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $9,420.80 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $9,420.80 ↑ +167%
CCN Managed Care PPO $10,009.60 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $10,362.88 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $10,598.40 ↑ +200%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $10,677.00 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $12,557.00 ↑ +255%
United Healthcare Options PPO $15,328.00 ↑ +334%

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Insert sq defib electrode at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville not published $7,508.05 – $7,883.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $4,069.53 $6,190.50 – $14,952.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $4,629.74 $3,128.20 – $10,948.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $3,856.64 $2,685.00 – $15,113.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $6,616.15 $3,284.61 – $10,948.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $4,069.53 $6,190.50 – $15,244.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $3,993.30 $1,571.00 – $16,834.22
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $3,993.30 $1,571.00 – $18,841.11

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