M.tuberculo dna dir probe 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

$127.26

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.

$202.00

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.

$12.10 with Wellpoint vs $181.80 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 $12.10 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Tenncare $12.83 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $24.12 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $26.88 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $26.88 ↓ -79%
Tricare Humana Military $26.88 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Options PPO $26.88 ↓ -79%
Optum VA CCN $26.88 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $27.69 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $27.69 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage $27.69 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $27.69 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $27.69 ↓ -78%
Humana DSNP $27.69 ↓ -78%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $27.96 ↓ -78%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $27.96 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $28.22 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $28.22 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint DSNP $28.22 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $28.22 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $28.22 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health HMO $28.22 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $28.22 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan ISNP $28.22 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare DSNP $28.22 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $28.22 ↓ -78%
NHC Advantage ISNP $28.22 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $28.22 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health PPO $28.22 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare PPO $28.22 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare HMO $28.22 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $28.22 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $28.22 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $28.22 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $28.22 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $28.22 ↓ -78%
BCBS TN Blue Care $33.60 ↓ -74%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $47.04 ↓ -63%
Ambetter Exchange $48.65 ↓ -62%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $51.07 ↓ -60%
Cigna IFP $54.80 ↓ -57%
Cigna Local Plus $55.04 ↓ -57%
Cigna HMO $59.83 ↓ -53%
Cigna OAP $59.83 ↓ -53%
Cigna POS $59.83 ↓ -53%
EHN Network Lease $90.90 ↓ -29%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $121.20 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $131.30 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $141.40 ↑ +11%
Beech Street PPO $151.50 ↑ +19%
NovaNet Network Lease $151.50 ↑ +19%
National Provider Network PPO $161.60 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $161.60 ↑ +27%
Direct Care America PPO $161.60 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $161.60 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $171.70 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $177.76 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $181.80 ↑ +43%

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M.tuberculo dna dir probe at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $66.66 $12.10 – $181.80
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $18.40 $11.55 – $59.19
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $18.75 $10.22 – $58.60
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $18.75 $10.50 – $64.51
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $18.75 $10.20 – $64.51
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $18.75 $11.55 – $58.60
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $58.58 $12.10 – $181.80
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $66.66 $12.10 – $181.80

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