Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) 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

$962.10

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.

$3,207.00

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.

$111.75 with Aetna vs $3,234.00 with BCBS TN — 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 $111.75 ↓ -88%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,155.00 ↑ +20%
Cigna IFP $1,250.00 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,338.00 ↑ +39%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,391.00 ↑ +45%
EHN Network Lease $1,443.15 ↑ +50%
Cigna Local Plus $1,532.00 ↑ +59%
Cigna OAP $1,802.00 ↑ +87%
Cigna POS $1,802.00 ↑ +87%
Cigna HMO $1,802.00 ↑ +87%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,894.00 ↑ +97%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $1,924.20 ↑ +100%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↑ +109%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $2,084.55 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,227.00 ↑ +131%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $2,244.90 ↑ +133%
Beech Street PPO $2,405.25 ↑ +150%
NovaNet Network Lease $2,405.25 ↑ +150%
Cigna BHO $2,565.60 ↑ +167%
Direct Care America PPO $2,565.60 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $2,565.60 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $2,565.60 ↑ +167%
Optum VA CCN $2,635.37 ↑ +174%
Tricare Humana Military $2,635.37 ↑ +174%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $2,714.43 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,714.43 ↑ +182%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,714.43 ↑ +182%
Humana DSNP $2,714.43 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $2,714.43 ↑ +182%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $2,714.43 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,717.00 ↑ +182%
CCN Managed Care PPO $2,725.95 ↑ +183%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $2,740.78 ↑ +185%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $2,740.78 ↑ +185%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Cigna Medicare PPO $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Cigna Medicare HMO $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
United Healthcare DSNP $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
American Health Plan ISNP $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Wellpoint DSNP $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
NHC Advantage ISNP $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Devoted Health HMO $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Devoted Health PPO $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $2,767.14 ↑ +188%
Initial Group PPO $2,822.16 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,886.30 ↑ +200%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,889.00 ↑ +200%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $3,234.00 ↑ +236%

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $1,058.31 $1,443.15 – $2,886.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,393.70 $733.50 – $998.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $2,957.04 $1,208.80 – $4,230.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $595.93 $2,273.66 – $5,226.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $4,225.77 $1,269.24 – $4,230.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $767.70 $2,208.38 – $5,908.92
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,393.70 $954.50 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,393.70 $954.50 – $1,004.50

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