Valvuloplasty mitral 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

$2,931.60

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.

$9,772.00

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.

$1,455.42 with Aetna vs $11,489.00 with Cigna — 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 $1,455.42 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Tenncare $3,186.00 ↑ +9%
EHN Network Lease $4,397.40 ↑ +50%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $5,863.20 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $6,058.00 ↑ +107%
BCBS TN Blue Care $6,296.00 ↑ +115%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $6,351.80 ↑ +117%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $6,840.40 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $7,125.00 ↑ +143%
Beech Street PPO $7,329.00 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $7,329.00 ↑ +150%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $7,644.26 ↑ +161%
Direct Care America PPO $7,817.60 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $7,817.60 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $7,817.60 ↑ +167%
Cigna BHO $7,817.60 ↑ +167%
CCN Managed Care PPO $8,306.20 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $8,599.36 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare Options PPO $8,693.00 ↑ +197%
Cigna IFP $8,709.00 ↑ +197%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $8,794.80 ↑ +200%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $9,143.00 ↑ +212%
Cigna Local Plus $9,766.00 ↑ +233%
Ambetter Exchange $9,965.00 ↑ +240%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $10,238.00 ↑ +249%
Tricare Humana Military $10,473.75 ↑ +257%
Optum VA CCN $10,473.75 ↑ +257%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $10,787.96 ↑ +268%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $10,787.96 ↑ +268%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $10,787.96 ↑ +268%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10,787.96 ↑ +268%
Humana DSNP $10,787.96 ↑ +268%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $10,787.96 ↑ +268%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $10,892.70 ↑ +272%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $10,892.70 ↑ +272%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
United Healthcare DSNP $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
American Health Plan ISNP $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Devoted Health HMO $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Cigna Medicare HMO $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Devoted Health PPO $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Wellpoint DSNP $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
NHC Advantage ISNP $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Cigna Medicare PPO $10,997.44 ↑ +275%
Cigna HMO $11,489.00 ↑ +292%
Cigna POS $11,489.00 ↑ +292%
Cigna OAP $11,489.00 ↑ +292%

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Valvuloplasty mitral at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $3,224.76 $4,397.40 – $10,997.44
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $24,000.75 $1,125.40 – $48,001.50
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $4,357.65 $1,305.46 – $23,483.78
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $4,357.65 $1,305.46 – $26,283.39
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $4,357.65 $1,305.46 – $26,283.39
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $2,722.65 $1,907.10 – $20,769.12
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $4,357.65 $1,305.46 – $22,832.77
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $1,125.40 – $16,047.00

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