Assay of prostaglandin at Parkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165
$62.37
Cash price 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.
$99.00
Gross charge 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.
$15.96 with United Healthcare vs $93.15 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $15.96 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $18.80 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $37.47 | ↓ -40% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $37.80 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $41.77 | ↓ -33% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $41.77 | ↓ -33% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $41.77 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $41.77 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $41.77 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $43.02 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $43.02 | ↓ -31% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $43.02 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $43.02 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | DSNP | $43.02 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $43.02 | ↓ -31% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $43.44 | ↓ -30% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $43.44 | ↓ -30% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| NHC Advantage | ISNP | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| American Health Plan | ISNP | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $43.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $50.40 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $52.21 | ↓ -16% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $54.60 | ↓ -12% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $58.80 | ↓ -6% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $63.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $63.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Cigna | BHO | $67.20 | ↑ +8% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $67.20 | ↑ +8% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $67.20 | ↑ +8% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $67.20 | ↑ +8% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $71.40 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $73.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $73.92 | ↑ +19% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $75.60 | ↑ +21% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $75.60 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $79.36 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | IFP | $85.33 | ↑ +37% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $85.70 | ↑ +37% |
| Cigna | HMO | $93.15 | ↑ +49% |
| Cigna | OAP | $93.15 | ↑ +49% |
| Cigna | POS | $93.15 | ↑ +49% |
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Assay of prostaglandin at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $15.96 – $75.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $20.85 | $20.89 – $91.06 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $20.47 | $17.68 – $89.00 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $20.85 | $12.73 – $91.06 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $20.85 | $20.89 – $100.25 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $20.85 | $20.89 – $91.06 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $20.85 | $20.89 – $100.25 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $20.37 | $39.68 – $83.54 |