Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les 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

$35.40

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.

$118.00

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.

$31.07 with Aetna vs $3,419.00 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.

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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 $31.07 ↓ -12%
EHN Network Lease $53.10 ↑ +50%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $70.80 ↑ +100%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $76.70 ↑ +117%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $82.60 ↑ +133%
NovaNet Network Lease $88.50 ↑ +150%
Beech Street PPO $88.50 ↑ +150%
Direct Care America PPO $94.40 ↑ +167%
MedSave USA Commercial $94.40 ↑ +167%
National Provider Network PPO $94.40 ↑ +167%
Cigna BHO $94.40 ↑ +167%
CCN Managed Care PPO $100.30 ↑ +183%
Initial Group PPO $103.84 ↑ +193%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $106.20 ↑ +200%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $131.00 ↑ +270%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $155.00 ↑ +338%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $307.90 ↑ +770%
United Healthcare Tenncare $317.00 ↑ +795%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $433.00 ↑ +1123%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $509.00 ↑ +1338%
United Healthcare Options PPO $624.00 ↑ +1663%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↑ +4349%
Ambetter Exchange $2,009.00 ↑ +5575%
Cigna IFP $2,372.00 ↑ +6601%
Cigna Local Plus $2,857.00 ↑ +7971%
Cigna OAP $3,419.00 ↑ +9558%
Cigna HMO $3,419.00 ↑ +9558%
Cigna POS $3,419.00 ↑ +9558%

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Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $38.94 $53.10 – $106.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $129.36 $87.40 – $305.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $45.77 $20.93 – $98.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $184.86 $91.77 – $305.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20.85 $54.35 – $569.37
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $20.85 $42.67 – $594.07
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $20.85 $42.67 – $567.38
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $20.85 $51.71 – $617.83

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