Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$42.21

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.

$67.00

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.

$4.21 with Wellpoint vs $60.30 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 $4.21 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Tenncare $4.25 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $8.40 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $9.36 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $9.36 ↓ -78%
Tricare Humana Military $9.36 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Options PPO $9.36 ↓ -78%
Optum VA CCN $9.36 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $9.64 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.64 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.64 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $9.64 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $9.64 ↓ -77%
Humana DSNP $9.64 ↓ -77%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $9.73 ↓ -77%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $9.73 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $9.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $9.83 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint DSNP $9.83 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $9.83 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $9.83 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health HMO $9.83 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $9.83 ↓ -77%
American Health Plan ISNP $9.83 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare DSNP $9.83 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $9.83 ↓ -77%
NHC Advantage ISNP $9.83 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.83 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health PPO $9.83 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare PPO $9.83 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare HMO $9.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $9.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $9.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $9.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $9.83 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $9.83 ↓ -77%
BCBS TN Blue Care $11.70 ↓ -72%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $16.38 ↓ -61%
Ambetter Exchange $16.94 ↓ -60%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $17.78 ↓ -58%
Cigna IFP $19.42 ↓ -54%
Cigna Local Plus $19.50 ↓ -54%
Cigna HMO $21.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP $21.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna POS $21.20 ↓ -50%
EHN Network Lease $30.15 ↓ -29%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $40.20 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $43.55 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $46.90 ↑ +11%
Beech Street PPO $50.25 ↑ +19%
NovaNet Network Lease $50.25 ↑ +19%
National Provider Network PPO $53.60 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $53.60 ↑ +27%
Direct Care America PPO $53.60 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $53.60 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $56.95 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $58.96 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $60.30 ↑ +43%

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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $22.11 $4.21 – $60.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.70 $4.68 – $20.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $48.35 $4.65 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $48.35 $4.65 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $48.35 $4.65 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $48.35 $8.42 – $29.34
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $11.27 $4.70 – $20.93
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $11.70 $3.38 – $20.40

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