Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/us gdn; ea addtl 10006 at Parkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165
$588.00
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.
$1,960.00
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.
$61.43 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.
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 |
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| Aetna | Commercial | $61.43 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $131.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $155.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $307.90 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $317.00 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $433.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $509.00 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $624.00 | ↑ +6% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $882.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $1,176.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $1,274.00 | ↑ +117% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $1,372.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $1,470.00 | ↑ +150% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $1,470.00 | ↑ +150% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $1,568.00 | ↑ +167% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $1,568.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Cigna | BHO | $1,568.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $1,568.00 | ↑ +167% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $1,575.00 | ↑ +168% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $1,666.00 | ↑ +183% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $1,724.80 | ↑ +193% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,764.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $2,009.00 | ↑ +242% |
| Cigna | IFP | $2,372.00 | ↑ +303% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $2,857.00 | ↑ +386% |
| Cigna | HMO | $3,419.00 | ↑ +481% |
| Cigna | POS | $3,419.00 | ↑ +481% |
| Cigna | OAP | $3,419.00 | ↑ +481% |
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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/us gdn; ea addtl 10006 at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $646.80 | $882.00 – $1,764.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,267.59 | $2,118.00 – $2,225.50 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $402.56 | $272.00 – $952.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $575.28 | $285.60 – $952.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $1,267.59 | $2,118.00 – $2,225.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,267.59 | $2,118.00 – $2,225.50 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $213.15 | $41.39 – $41.39 |
| 62-1138045 BMH Union City | Union City | $195.20 | $41.39 – $41.39 |