Apheresis plasma 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

$1,110.60

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.

$3,702.00

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.

$179.69 with Aetna vs $3,419.00 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 $179.69 ↓ -84%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,155.00 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,338.00 ↑ +20%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,391.00 ↑ +25%
Optum VA CCN $1,413.01 ↑ +27%
Tricare Humana Military $1,413.01 ↑ +27%
Humana DSNP $1,455.40 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,455.40 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,455.40 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,455.40 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,455.40 ↑ +31%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,455.40 ↑ +31%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,469.53 ↑ +32%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,469.53 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Devoted Health HMO $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
American Health Plan ISNP $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare DSNP $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
NHC Advantage ISNP $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Devoted Health PPO $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Wellpoint DSNP $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,483.66 ↑ +34%
EHN Network Lease $1,665.90 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,894.00 ↑ +71%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↑ +81%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,046.00 ↑ +84%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $2,221.20 ↑ +100%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,227.00 ↑ +101%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,290.00 ↑ +106%
Cigna IFP $2,372.00 ↑ +114%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $2,406.30 ↑ +117%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $2,591.40 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,717.00 ↑ +145%
Beech Street PPO $2,776.50 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $2,776.50 ↑ +150%
Cigna Local Plus $2,857.00 ↑ +157%
MedSave USA Commercial $2,961.60 ↑ +167%
Cigna BHO $2,961.60 ↑ +167%
Direct Care America PPO $2,961.60 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $2,961.60 ↑ +167%
CCN Managed Care PPO $3,146.70 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $3,257.76 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,331.80 ↑ +200%
Cigna POS $3,419.00 ↑ +208%
Cigna OAP $3,419.00 ↑ +208%
Cigna HMO $3,419.00 ↑ +208%

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Apheresis plasma at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $1,221.66 $1,413.01 – $3,331.80
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,867.05 $1,141.72 – $2,225.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,749.36 $1,182.00 – $4,137.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $681.49 $1,302.27 – $2,993.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,499.93 $1,241.10 – $4,137.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $638.85 $1,160.52 – $3,168.20
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,867.05 $527.70 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,867.05 $1,217.22 – $2,225.50

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