Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$22.05

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.

$35.00

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.

$1.71 with Wellpoint vs $31.50 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 $1.71 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Tenncare $2.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $3.40 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $3.80 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $3.80 ↓ -83%
Tricare Humana Military $3.80 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3.80 ↓ -83%
Optum VA CCN $3.80 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $3.91 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3.91 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.91 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $3.91 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $3.91 ↓ -82%
Humana DSNP $3.91 ↓ -82%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $3.95 ↓ -82%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $3.95 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $3.99 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $3.99 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint DSNP $3.99 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3.99 ↓ -82%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $3.99 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health HMO $3.99 ↓ -82%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $3.99 ↓ -82%
American Health Plan ISNP $3.99 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare DSNP $3.99 ↓ -82%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $3.99 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage ISNP $3.99 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3.99 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health PPO $3.99 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare PPO $3.99 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare HMO $3.99 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $3.99 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $3.99 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $3.99 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $3.99 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $3.99 ↓ -82%
BCBS TN Blue Care $4.78 ↓ -78%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $6.69 ↓ -70%
Ambetter Exchange $6.88 ↓ -69%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $7.26 ↓ -67%
Cigna IFP $7.63 ↓ -65%
Cigna Local Plus $7.66 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $8.33 ↓ -62%
Cigna OAP $8.33 ↓ -62%
Cigna POS $8.33 ↓ -62%
EHN Network Lease $15.75 ↓ -29%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $21.00 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $22.75 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $24.50 ↑ +11%
Beech Street PPO $26.25 ↑ +19%
NovaNet Network Lease $26.25 ↑ +19%
National Provider Network PPO $28.00 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $28.00 ↑ +27%
Direct Care America PPO $28.00 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $28.00 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $29.75 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $30.80 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $31.50 ↑ +43%

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