Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$15.75

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.

$25.00

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.

$11.25 with EHN vs $63.63 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
EHN Network Lease $11.25 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Tenncare $13.23 ↓ -16%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $15.00 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $16.25 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $17.50 ↑ +11%
Beech Street PPO $18.75 ↑ +19%
NovaNet Network Lease $18.75 ↑ +19%
Cigna BHO $20.00 ↑ +27%
Direct Care America PPO $20.00 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $20.00 ↑ +27%
National Provider Network PPO $20.00 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $21.25 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $22.00 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $22.50 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial $24.29 ↑ +54%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $31.17 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $33.43 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Options PPO $33.43 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $33.43 ↑ +112%
Optum VA CCN $33.89 ↑ +115%
Tricare Humana Military $33.89 ↑ +115%
BCBS TN Blue Care $34.50 ↑ +119%
Humana Medicare Advantage $34.91 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $34.91 ↑ +122%
Humana DSNP $34.91 ↑ +122%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $34.91 ↑ +122%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $34.91 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $34.91 ↑ +122%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $35.25 ↑ +124%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $35.25 ↑ +124%
NHC Advantage ISNP $35.58 ↑ +126%
Devoted Health HMO $35.58 ↑ +126%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $35.58 ↑ +126%
American Health Plan ISNP $35.58 ↑ +126%
United Healthcare DSNP $35.58 ↑ +126%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $35.58 ↑ +126%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $35.58 ↑ +126%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $35.58 ↑ +126%
Cigna Medicare PPO $35.58 ↑ +126%
Cigna Medicare HMO $35.58 ↑ +126%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $35.58 ↑ +126%
Wellpoint DSNP $35.58 ↑ +126%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $35.58 ↑ +126%
Devoted Health PPO $35.58 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $35.58 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $35.58 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $35.58 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $35.58 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $35.58 ↑ +126%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $35.58 ↑ +126%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $48.30 ↑ +207%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $52.44 ↑ +233%
Cigna IFP $58.28 ↑ +270%
Cigna Local Plus $58.54 ↑ +272%
Cigna POS $63.63 ↑ +304%
Cigna OAP $63.63 ↑ +304%
Cigna HMO $63.63 ↑ +304%

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $8.25 $11.25 – $35.58
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $85.55 $32.28 – $202.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $122.25 $32.28 – $202.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $122.10 $13.44 – $109.09
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $119.83 $7.47 – $124.30
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $122.10 $5.37 – $118.38
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $122.10 $8.96 – $111.02
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $122.10 $13.44 – $118.38

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