Culture fungi other (except blood) 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

$53.55

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.

$85.00

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.

$3.78 with Wellpoint vs $76.50 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 $3.78 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Tenncare $5.38 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $7.54 ↓ -86%
Optum VA CCN $8.41 ↓ -84%
Tricare Humana Military $8.41 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Options PPO $8.41 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $8.41 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $8.41 ↓ -84%
Humana DSNP $8.66 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.66 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $8.66 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $8.66 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.66 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $8.66 ↓ -84%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $8.75 ↓ -84%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $8.75 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage ISNP $8.83 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health PPO $8.83 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health HMO $8.83 ↓ -84%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $8.83 ↓ -84%
American Health Plan ISNP $8.83 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare DSNP $8.83 ↓ -84%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $8.83 ↓ -84%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $8.83 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.83 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare PPO $8.83 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare HMO $8.83 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $8.83 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint DSNP $8.83 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $8.83 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $8.83 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $8.83 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $8.83 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $8.83 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $8.83 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $8.83 ↓ -84%
BCBS TN Blue Care $11.68 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Exchange $15.22 ↓ -72%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $16.35 ↓ -69%
Cigna IFP $17.34 ↓ -68%
Cigna Local Plus $17.41 ↓ -67%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $17.75 ↓ -67%
Cigna HMO $18.93 ↓ -65%
Cigna POS $18.93 ↓ -65%
Cigna OAP $18.93 ↓ -65%
EHN Network Lease $38.25 ↓ -29%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $51.00 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $55.25 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $59.50 ↑ +11%
NovaNet Network Lease $63.75 ↑ +19%
Beech Street PPO $63.75 ↑ +19%
MedSave USA Commercial $68.00 ↑ +27%
National Provider Network PPO $68.00 ↑ +27%
Direct Care America PPO $68.00 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $68.00 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $72.25 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $74.80 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $76.50 ↑ +43%

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Culture fungi other (except blood) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $28.05 $3.78 – $76.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $77.37 $3.03 – $32.75
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.91 $7.46 – $51.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $57.96 $7.32 – $16.82
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $31.31 $7.46 – $51.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $14.70 $4.21 – $18.33
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $77.37 $5.89 – $32.75
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $77.37 $5.89 – $32.75

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