Transcath closure of vsd 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

$5,548.80

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.

$18,496.00

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.

$1,414.88 with Aetna vs $19,113.00 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 $1,414.88 ↓ -75%
BCBS TN Blue Care $3,884.16 ↓ -30%
EHN Network Lease $8,323.20 ↑ +50%
Cigna IFP $8,709.00 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Tenncare $9,521.00 ↑ +72%
Cigna Local Plus $9,766.00 ↑ +76%
Ambetter Exchange $9,965.00 ↑ +80%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $11,023.00 ↑ +99%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $11,097.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna POS $11,489.00 ↑ +107%
Cigna OAP $11,489.00 ↑ +107%
Cigna HMO $11,489.00 ↑ +107%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $11,837.00 ↑ +113%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $12,022.40 ↑ +117%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $12,341.00 ↑ +122%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $12,947.20 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $13,316.00 ↑ +140%
NovaNet Network Lease $13,872.00 ↑ +150%
Beech Street PPO $13,872.00 ↑ +150%
Cigna BHO $14,796.80 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $14,796.80 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $14,796.80 ↑ +167%
Direct Care America PPO $14,796.80 ↑ +167%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $15,660.00 ↑ +182%
CCN Managed Care PPO $15,721.60 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $16,276.48 ↑ +193%
Optum VA CCN $16,631.83 ↑ +200%
Tricare Humana Military $16,631.83 ↑ +200%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $16,646.40 ↑ +200%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $17,130.78 ↑ +209%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17,130.78 ↑ +209%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17,130.78 ↑ +209%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $17,130.78 ↑ +209%
Humana DSNP $17,130.78 ↑ +209%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $17,130.78 ↑ +209%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $17,297.10 ↑ +212%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $17,297.10 ↑ +212%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Cigna Medicare PPO $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Devoted Health HMO $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Devoted Health PPO $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
United Healthcare DSNP $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Wellpoint DSNP $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
American Health Plan ISNP $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
NHC Advantage ISNP $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Cigna Medicare HMO $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $17,463.42 ↑ +215%
United Healthcare Options PPO $19,113.00 ↑ +244%

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Transcath closure of vsd at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $6,103.68 $3,884.16 – $17,463.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $12,223.80 $1,068.85 – $24,447.60
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $1,068.85 – $16,047.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $1,068.85 – $16,047.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $1,596.97 – $16,047.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $1,068.85 – $16,047.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $14,749.00 – $16,047.00
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $8,709.00 – $17,463.42

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