Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention 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

$401.10

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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$1,337.00

Gross charge

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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.

$200.08 with United Healthcare vs $1,274.29 with Ambetter — 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 $200.08 ↓ -50%
BCBS TN Blue Care $371.04 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial $424.36 ↑ +6%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $440.09 ↑ +10%
Optum VA CCN $492.62 ↑ +23%
Tricare Humana Military $492.62 ↑ +23%
Humana Medicare Advantage $507.40 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $507.40 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $507.40 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $507.40 ↑ +27%
Humana DSNP $507.40 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $507.40 ↑ +27%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $512.32 ↑ +28%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $512.32 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $517.25 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $517.25 ↑ +29%
Devoted Health PPO $517.25 ↑ +29%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $517.25 ↑ +29%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $517.25 ↑ +29%
Devoted Health HMO $517.25 ↑ +29%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $517.25 ↑ +29%
American Health Plan ISNP $517.25 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare DSNP $517.25 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $517.25 ↑ +29%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $517.25 ↑ +29%
NHC Advantage ISNP $517.25 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $517.25 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $517.25 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $517.25 ↑ +29%
Cigna Medicare PPO $517.25 ↑ +29%
Cigna Medicare HMO $517.25 ↑ +29%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $517.25 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint DSNP $517.25 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $517.25 ↑ +29%
EHN Network Lease $601.65 ↑ +50%
Cigna IFP $756.94 ↑ +89%
Cigna Local Plus $760.24 ↑ +90%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $802.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna POS $826.35 ↑ +106%
Cigna OAP $826.35 ↑ +106%
Cigna HMO $826.35 ↑ +106%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $869.05 ↑ +117%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $935.90 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $967.56 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare Options PPO $967.56 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $967.56 ↑ +141%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $975.00 ↑ +143%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,002.75 ↑ +150%
Beech Street PPO $1,002.75 ↑ +150%
Cigna BHO $1,069.60 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $1,069.60 ↑ +167%
Direct Care America PPO $1,069.60 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,069.60 ↑ +167%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,090.00 ↑ +172%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1,136.45 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $1,176.56 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,203.30 ↑ +200%
Ambetter Exchange $1,274.29 ↑ +218%

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Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $441.21 $200.08 – $1,274.29
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $647.19 $296.83 – $1,112.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,004.04 $243.51 – $2,374.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $641.47 $296.83 – $983.02
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,434.82 $243.51 – $2,374.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $264.02 – $1,104.54
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $906.38 $145.21 – $1,112.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $906.38 $145.21 – $1,112.60

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