Assay of galactose 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

$20.16

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.

$32.00

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.

$5.04 with Wellpoint vs $28.80 with Galaxy Health Network — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $5.04 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Tenncare $7.16 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial $10.05 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $11.20 ↓ -44%
Tricare Humana Military $11.20 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Options PPO $11.20 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $11.20 ↓ -44%
Optum VA CCN $11.20 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -43%
Humana DSNP $11.54 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $11.54 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $11.54 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $11.54 ↓ -43%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $11.65 ↓ -42%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $11.65 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $11.76 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint DSNP $11.76 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $11.76 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $11.76 ↓ -42%
Devoted Health HMO $11.76 ↓ -42%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $11.76 ↓ -42%
American Health Plan ISNP $11.76 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare DSNP $11.76 ↓ -42%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $11.76 ↓ -42%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $11.76 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.76 ↓ -42%
Cigna Medicare PPO $11.76 ↓ -42%
Cigna Medicare HMO $11.76 ↓ -42%
Devoted Health PPO $11.76 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $11.76 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $11.76 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $11.76 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $11.76 ↓ -42%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $11.76 ↓ -42%
NHC Advantage ISNP $11.76 ↓ -42%
EHN Network Lease $14.40 ↓ -29%
BCBS TN Blue Care $15.55 ↓ -23%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $19.20 ↓ -5%
Ambetter Exchange $20.27 ↑ +1%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $20.80 ↑ +3%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $21.77 ↑ +8%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $22.40 ↑ +11%
Cigna IFP $22.90 ↑ +14%
Cigna Local Plus $23.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $23.64 ↑ +17%
NovaNet Network Lease $24.00 ↑ +19%
Beech Street PPO $24.00 ↑ +19%
Cigna POS $25.00 ↑ +24%
Cigna OAP $25.00 ↑ +24%
Cigna HMO $25.00 ↑ +24%
National Provider Network PPO $25.60 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $25.60 ↑ +27%
Direct Care America PPO $25.60 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $25.60 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $27.20 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $28.16 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $28.80 ↑ +43%

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Assay of galactose at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $10.56 $5.04 – $28.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $5.29 $9.74 – $22.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.65 $5.60 – $24.42
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $39.83 $7.85 – $42.91
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $39.83 $7.85 – $42.91
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $39.83 $7.85 – $42.91
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $39.83 $10.08 – $42.91
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $19.32 $7.93 – $24.54

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