Nerve teasing preparations 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

$359.10

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.

$570.00

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.

$109.25 with BCBS TN vs $767.52 with HealthSpring — 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $109.25 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial $150.02 ↓ -58%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $152.95 ↓ -57%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $166.06 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Tenncare $211.75 ↓ -41%
Cigna IFP $247.89 ↓ -31%
Cigna Local Plus $248.98 ↓ -31%
EHN Network Lease $256.50 ↓ -29%
Cigna OAP $270.63 ↓ -25%
Cigna POS $270.63 ↓ -25%
Cigna HMO $270.63 ↓ -25%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $342.00 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $370.50 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $399.00 ↑ +11%
Beech Street PPO $427.50 ↑ +19%
NovaNet Network Lease $427.50 ↑ +19%
Direct Care America PPO $456.00 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $456.00 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $456.00 ↑ +27%
National Provider Network PPO $456.00 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $484.50 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $501.60 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $513.00 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $585.76 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Options PPO $628.20 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $628.20 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $628.20 ↑ +75%
Ambetter Exchange $687.97 ↑ +92%
Tricare Humana Military $730.97 ↑ +104%
Optum VA CCN $730.97 ↑ +104%
Humana Medicare Advantage $752.90 ↑ +110%
Humana DSNP $752.90 ↑ +110%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $752.90 ↑ +110%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $752.90 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $752.90 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $752.90 ↑ +110%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $760.21 ↑ +112%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $760.21 ↑ +112%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $767.52 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $767.52 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $767.52 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $767.52 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $767.52 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $767.52 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare DSNP $767.52 ↑ +114%
American Health Plan ISNP $767.52 ↑ +114%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $767.52 ↑ +114%
Cigna Medicare HMO $767.52 ↑ +114%
Devoted Health HMO $767.52 ↑ +114%
Cigna Medicare PPO $767.52 ↑ +114%
Devoted Health PPO $767.52 ↑ +114%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $767.52 ↑ +114%
Wellpoint DSNP $767.52 ↑ +114%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $767.52 ↑ +114%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $767.52 ↑ +114%
NHC Advantage ISNP $767.52 ↑ +114%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $767.52 ↑ +114%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $767.52 ↑ +114%

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Nerve teasing preparations at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $188.10 $109.25 – $767.52
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $309.12 $28.68 – $1,496.08
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna $404.58 $40.15 – $656.15
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET $567.00 $44.45 – $656.15
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $188.10 $109.25 – $767.52
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $182.40 $109.25 – $822.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $28.68 – $1,095.29
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $28.54 – $1,079.50

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