Apheresis wbc 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

$737.70

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.

$2,459.00

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.

$209.25 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 $209.25 ↓ -72%
EHN Network Lease $1,106.55 ↑ +50%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,155.00 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,338.00 ↑ +81%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,391.00 ↑ +89%
Tricare Humana Military $1,413.01 ↑ +92%
Optum VA CCN $1,413.01 ↑ +92%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,455.40 ↑ +97%
Humana DSNP $1,455.40 ↑ +97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,455.40 ↑ +97%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,455.40 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,455.40 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,455.40 ↑ +97%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,469.53 ↑ +99%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,469.53 ↑ +99%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,475.40 ↑ +100%
American Health Plan ISNP $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Devoted Health HMO $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Devoted Health PPO $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare DSNP $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint DSNP $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
NHC Advantage ISNP $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,483.66 ↑ +101%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1,598.35 ↑ +117%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1,721.30 ↑ +133%
Beech Street PPO $1,844.25 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $1,844.25 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,894.00 ↑ +157%
Cigna BHO $1,967.20 ↑ +167%
Direct Care America PPO $1,967.20 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $1,967.20 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $1,967.20 ↑ +167%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↑ +172%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,046.00 ↑ +177%
CCN Managed Care PPO $2,090.15 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $2,163.92 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,213.10 ↑ +200%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,227.00 ↑ +202%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,290.00 ↑ +210%
Cigna IFP $2,372.00 ↑ +222%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,717.00 ↑ +268%
Cigna Local Plus $2,857.00 ↑ +287%
Cigna POS $3,419.00 ↑ +363%
Cigna OAP $3,419.00 ↑ +363%
Cigna HMO $3,419.00 ↑ +363%

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Apheresis wbc at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $811.47 $1,106.55 – $2,213.10
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,867.05 $1,141.72 – $2,225.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,312.17 $886.60 – $3,103.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,875.16 $930.93 – $3,103.10
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $1,496.46 $1,383.01 – $3,002.18
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $527.70 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $527.70 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $527.70 – $2,225.50

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