Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

$66.15

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.

$105.00

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.

$3.15 with EHN vs $17.43 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
EHN Network Lease $3.15 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Tenncare $3.31 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $3.50 ↓ -95%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $4.20 ↓ -94%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $4.55 ↓ -93%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $4.90 ↓ -93%
NovaNet Network Lease $5.25 ↓ -92%
Beech Street PPO $5.25 ↓ -92%
MedSave USA Commercial $5.60 ↓ -92%
Cigna BHO $5.60 ↓ -92%
Direct Care America PPO $5.60 ↓ -92%
National Provider Network PPO $5.60 ↓ -92%
CCN Managed Care PPO $5.95 ↓ -91%
Initial Group PPO $6.16 ↓ -91%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $6.98 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $7.78 ↓ -88%
Tricare Humana Military $7.78 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $7.78 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Options PPO $7.78 ↓ -88%
Optum VA CCN $7.78 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.01 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $8.01 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.01 ↓ -88%
Humana DSNP $8.01 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $8.01 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $8.01 ↓ -88%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $8.09 ↓ -88%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $8.09 ↓ -88%
American Health Plan ISNP $8.17 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health HMO $8.17 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health PPO $8.17 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare DSNP $8.17 ↓ -88%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $8.17 ↓ -88%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $8.17 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare PPO $8.17 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare HMO $8.17 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $8.17 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint DSNP $8.17 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -88%
NHC Advantage ISNP $8.17 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $8.17 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $8.17 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $8.17 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $8.17 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $8.17 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $8.17 ↓ -88%
BCBS TN Blue Care $9.73 ↓ -85%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $13.62 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Exchange $14.08 ↓ -79%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $14.78 ↓ -78%
Cigna IFP $15.96 ↓ -76%
Cigna Local Plus $16.03 ↓ -76%
Cigna POS $17.43 ↓ -74%
Cigna OAP $17.43 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $17.43 ↓ -74%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $34.65 $3.15 – $14.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $42.81 $2.80 – $24.85
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $59.80 $4.59 – $141.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $5.29 $3.86 – $15.56
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $85.45 $4.59 – $141.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.00 $3.89 – $16.96
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $42.81 $3.63 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $42.81 $3.63 – $24.85

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