Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at Parkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165
$61.74
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.
$98.00
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.
$28.65 with BCBS TN vs $767.52 with Blue Cross of 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $28.65 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $40.11 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $43.55 | ↓ -29% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $44.10 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $45.53 | ↓ -26% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $58.80 | ↓ -5% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $63.70 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | IFP | $66.32 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $66.61 | ↑ +8% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $68.60 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | HMO | $72.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | POS | $72.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | OAP | $72.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $73.50 | ↑ +19% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $73.50 | ↑ +19% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $78.40 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | BHO | $78.40 | ↑ +27% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $78.40 | ↑ +27% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $78.40 | ↑ +27% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $83.30 | ↑ +35% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $86.24 | ↑ +40% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $88.20 | ↑ +43% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $211.75 | ↑ +243% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $292.92 | ↑ +374% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $585.76 | ↑ +849% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $628.20 | ↑ +917% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $628.20 | ↑ +917% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $628.20 | ↑ +917% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $730.97 | ↑ +1084% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $730.97 | ↑ +1084% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $752.90 | ↑ +1119% |
| Humana | DSNP | $752.90 | ↑ +1119% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $752.90 | ↑ +1119% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $752.90 | ↑ +1119% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $752.90 | ↑ +1119% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $752.90 | ↑ +1119% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $760.21 | ↑ +1131% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $760.21 | ↑ +1131% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| American Health Plan | ISNP | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| NHC Advantage | ISNP | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $767.52 | ↑ +1143% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $32.34 | $28.65 – $767.52 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $368.46 | $15.67 – $1,095.29 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $782.92 | $23.32 – $1,851.50 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $242.42 | $15.67 – $1,491.86 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,118.84 | $23.32 – $1,851.50 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $207.75 | $15.37 – $1,638.95 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $364.01 | $8.45 – $1,079.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $364.01 | $8.45 – $1,079.50 |