Bacterial meningitis antigen 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

$119.70

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.

$190.00

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.

$5.19 with Wellpoint vs $171.00 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 $5.19 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Tenncare $6.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial $10.35 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $11.54 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $11.54 ↓ -90%
Tricare Humana Military $11.54 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Options PPO $11.54 ↓ -90%
Optum VA CCN $11.54 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $11.89 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.89 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.89 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $11.89 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $11.89 ↓ -90%
Humana DSNP $11.89 ↓ -90%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $12.00 ↓ -90%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $12.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $12.12 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $12.12 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint DSNP $12.12 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $12.12 ↓ -90%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $12.12 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health HMO $12.12 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $12.12 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan ISNP $12.12 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare DSNP $12.12 ↓ -90%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $12.12 ↓ -90%
NHC Advantage ISNP $12.12 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.12 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health PPO $12.12 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare PPO $12.12 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare HMO $12.12 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $12.12 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $12.12 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $12.12 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $12.12 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $12.12 ↓ -90%
BCBS TN Blue Care $14.43 ↓ -88%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $20.20 ↓ -83%
Ambetter Exchange $20.89 ↓ -83%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $21.93 ↓ -82%
Cigna IFP $23.59 ↓ -80%
Cigna Local Plus $23.69 ↓ -80%
Cigna HMO $25.75 ↓ -78%
Cigna OAP $25.75 ↓ -78%
Cigna POS $25.75 ↓ -78%
EHN Network Lease $85.50 ↓ -29%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $114.00 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $123.50 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $133.00 ↑ +11%
Beech Street PPO $142.50 ↑ +19%
NovaNet Network Lease $142.50 ↑ +19%
National Provider Network PPO $152.00 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $152.00 ↑ +27%
Direct Care America PPO $152.00 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $152.00 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $161.50 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $167.20 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $171.00 ↑ +43%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $62.70 $5.19 – $171.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $315.24 $4.15 – $39.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $28.42 $9.05 – $67.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $95.22 $10.04 – $23.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $40.61 $9.05 – $67.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $17.85 $5.77 – $25.16
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $315.24 $7.15 – $39.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $315.24 $7.15 – $39.50

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