Homocysteine 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

$25.20

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.

$40.00

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.

$8.06 with Wellpoint vs $40.15 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.

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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 $8.06 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Tenncare $10.79 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial $16.08 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Options PPO $17.92 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $17.92 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $17.92 ↓ -29%
Optum VA CCN $17.92 ↓ -29%
Tricare Humana Military $17.92 ↓ -29%
EHN Network Lease $18.00 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $18.46 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $18.46 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.46 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $18.46 ↓ -27%
Humana DSNP $18.46 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.46 ↓ -27%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $18.64 ↓ -26%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $18.64 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint DSNP $18.82 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $18.82 ↓ -25%
NHC Advantage ISNP $18.82 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $18.82 ↓ -25%
Devoted Health HMO $18.82 ↓ -25%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $18.82 ↓ -25%
American Health Plan ISNP $18.82 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare DSNP $18.82 ↓ -25%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $18.82 ↓ -25%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $18.82 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.82 ↓ -25%
Cigna Medicare PPO $18.82 ↓ -25%
Cigna Medicare HMO $18.82 ↓ -25%
Devoted Health PPO $18.82 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $18.82 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $18.82 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $18.82 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $18.82 ↓ -25%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $18.82 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $18.82 ↓ -25%
BCBS TN Blue Care $23.43 ↓ -7%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $24.00 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $26.00 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $28.00 ↑ +11%
NovaNet Network Lease $30.00 ↑ +19%
Beech Street PPO $30.00 ↑ +19%
Direct Care America PPO $32.00 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $32.00 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $32.00 ↑ +27%
National Provider Network PPO $32.00 ↑ +27%
Ambetter Exchange $32.44 ↑ +29%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $32.80 ↑ +30%
CCN Managed Care PPO $34.00 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $35.20 ↑ +40%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $35.61 ↑ +41%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $36.00 ↑ +43%
Cigna IFP $36.78 ↑ +46%
Cigna Local Plus $36.94 ↑ +47%
Cigna HMO $40.15 ↑ +59%
Cigna POS $40.15 ↑ +59%
Cigna OAP $40.15 ↑ +59%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $13.20 $8.06 – $36.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $94.23 $6.45 – $65.46
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $31.68 $9.79 – $74.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $63.25 $6.58 – $35.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $45.27 $9.79 – $74.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $29.55 $7.63 – $39.07
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $94.23 $6.58 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $94.23 $6.58 – $65.46

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