Pr discharge day management hospital ip/obs > 30 min on encounter date 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

$123.48

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.

$196.00

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.

$88.20 with EHN vs $5,151.00 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
EHN Network Lease $88.20 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial $112.90 ↓ -9%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $117.60 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $127.40 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $137.20 ↑ +11%
NovaNet Network Lease $147.00 ↑ +19%
Beech Street PPO $147.00 ↑ +19%
Cigna BHO $156.80 ↑ +27%
Direct Care America PPO $156.80 ↑ +27%
National Provider Network PPO $156.80 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $156.80 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $166.60 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $172.48 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $176.40 ↑ +43%
BCBS TN Blue Care $2,100.00 ↑ +1601%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $2,250.00 ↑ +1722%
Cigna IFP $2,322.00 ↑ +1780%
Ambetter Exchange $2,588.00 ↑ +1996%
United Healthcare Tenncare $3,005.00 ↑ +2334%
Cigna Local Plus $3,436.00 ↑ +2683%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $3,734.00 ↑ +2924%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $4,010.00 ↑ +3147%
Cigna OAP $4,042.00 ↑ +3173%
Cigna POS $4,042.00 ↑ +3173%
Cigna HMO $4,042.00 ↑ +3173%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $4,313.00 ↑ +3393%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $4,391.00 ↑ +3456%
United Healthcare Options PPO $5,151.00 ↑ +4072%

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Pr discharge day management hospital ip/obs > 30 min on encounter date at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville not published $141.75 – $2,322.00
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $55.66 $73.37 – $185.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $56.55 $73.37 – $176.19
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $56.55 $73.37 – $168.27
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $56.55 $73.37 – $168.27
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $56.55 $73.37 – $185.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $73.50 – $97.13
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $73.50 – $97.83

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