MRI cardiac morph & func wwo IV cont 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

$429.30

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.

$1,431.00

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.

$198.87 with United Healthcare vs $1,287.90 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.

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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
United Healthcare Tenncare $198.87 ↓ -54%
Optum VA CCN $316.52 ↓ -26%
Tricare Humana Military $316.52 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $326.02 ↓ -24%
Humana DSNP $326.02 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $326.02 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $326.02 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $326.02 ↓ -24%
Humana Medicare Advantage $326.02 ↓ -24%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $329.18 ↓ -23%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $329.18 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $332.35 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $332.35 ↓ -23%
Cigna Medicare PPO $332.35 ↓ -23%
Cigna Medicare HMO $332.35 ↓ -23%
Devoted Health HMO $332.35 ↓ -23%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $332.35 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint DSNP $332.35 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $332.35 ↓ -23%
NHC Advantage ISNP $332.35 ↓ -23%
American Health Plan ISNP $332.35 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare DSNP $332.35 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $332.35 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $332.35 ↓ -23%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $332.35 ↓ -23%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $332.35 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $332.35 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $332.35 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $332.35 ↓ -23%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $332.35 ↓ -23%
Devoted Health PPO $332.35 ↓ -23%
BCBS TN Blue Care $340.61 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $356.05 ↓ -17%
Cigna Local Plus $472.00 ↑ +10%
Cigna HMO $472.00 ↑ +10%
Cigna OAP $472.00 ↑ +10%
Cigna POS $472.00 ↑ +10%
Cigna IFP $482.00 ↑ +12%
EHN Network Lease $643.95 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial $691.07 ↑ +61%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $779.00 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $782.79 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Options PPO $782.79 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $782.79 ↑ +82%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $858.60 ↑ +100%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $872.00 ↑ +103%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $930.15 ↑ +117%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,001.70 ↑ +133%
Ambetter Exchange $1,022.00 ↑ +138%
Beech Street PPO $1,073.25 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,073.25 ↑ +150%
Cigna BHO $1,144.80 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $1,144.80 ↑ +167%
Direct Care America PPO $1,144.80 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,144.80 ↑ +167%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,216.35 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $1,259.28 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,287.90 ↑ +200%

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MRI cardiac morph & func wwo IV cont at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $472.23 $198.87 – $1,287.90
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $834.05 $307.82 – $1,139.32
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $549.08 $315.33 – $2,459.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $784.67 $315.33 – $2,459.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $668.55 $325.55 – $709.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $834.05 $307.82 – $1,178.61
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $668.55 $192.25 – $709.70
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $668.55 $320.42 – $794.30

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