Encephalitis, california igg/igm 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

$22.68

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.

$36.00

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.

$5.94 with Wellpoint vs $32.40 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 $5.94 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Tenncare $8.44 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial $11.83 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $13.19 ↓ -42%
Tricare Humana Military $13.19 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Options PPO $13.19 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $13.19 ↓ -42%
Optum VA CCN $13.19 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.59 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.59 ↓ -40%
Humana DSNP $13.59 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $13.59 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $13.59 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $13.59 ↓ -40%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $13.72 ↓ -40%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $13.72 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $13.85 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint DSNP $13.85 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $13.85 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $13.85 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health HMO $13.85 ↓ -39%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $13.85 ↓ -39%
American Health Plan ISNP $13.85 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare DSNP $13.85 ↓ -39%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $13.85 ↓ -39%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $13.85 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.85 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare PPO $13.85 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare HMO $13.85 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health PPO $13.85 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $13.85 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $13.85 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $13.85 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $13.85 ↓ -39%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $13.85 ↓ -39%
NHC Advantage ISNP $13.85 ↓ -39%
EHN Network Lease $16.20 ↓ -29%
BCBS TN Blue Care $18.31 ↓ -19%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $21.60 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $23.40 ↑ +3%
Ambetter Exchange $23.87 ↑ +5%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $25.20 ↑ +11%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $25.64 ↑ +13%
Beech Street PPO $27.00 ↑ +19%
NovaNet Network Lease $27.00 ↑ +19%
Cigna IFP $27.07 ↑ +19%
Cigna Local Plus $27.19 ↑ +20%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $27.84 ↑ +23%
MedSave USA Commercial $28.80 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $28.80 ↑ +27%
Direct Care America PPO $28.80 ↑ +27%
National Provider Network PPO $28.80 ↑ +27%
Cigna OAP $29.55 ↑ +30%
Cigna HMO $29.55 ↑ +30%
Cigna POS $29.55 ↑ +30%
CCN Managed Care PPO $30.60 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $31.68 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $32.40 ↑ +43%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $11.88 $5.94 – $32.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $46.77 $11.72 – $110.60
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