Mayo gamma-globin full gene sequencing 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

$764.82

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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.

$1,214.00

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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.

$14.74 with Aetna vs $273.08 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Aetna Commercial $14.74 ↓ -98%
EHN Network Lease $30.15 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $33.50 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Options PPO $33.50 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $33.50 ↓ -96%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $40.20 ↓ -95%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $43.55 ↓ -94%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $46.90 ↓ -94%
NovaNet Network Lease $50.25 ↓ -93%
Beech Street PPO $50.25 ↓ -93%
National Provider Network PPO $53.60 ↓ -93%
Direct Care America PPO $53.60 ↓ -93%
Cigna BHO $53.60 ↓ -93%
MedSave USA Commercial $53.60 ↓ -93%
CCN Managed Care PPO $56.95 ↓ -93%
Initial Group PPO $58.96 ↓ -92%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $60.30 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $250.14 ↓ -67%
Cigna Local Plus $251.23 ↓ -67%
Cigna OAP $273.08 ↓ -64%
Cigna POS $273.08 ↓ -64%
Cigna HMO $273.08 ↓ -64%

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Mayo gamma-globin full gene sequencing at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $400.62 $26.80 – $250.14
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $7,626.42 $50.00 – $380.12
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $649.43 $240.31 – $1,491.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $928.07 $240.31 – $1,491.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $121.05 $45.56 – $171.82
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $7,626.42 $50.00 – $380.12
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $7,626.42 $50.00 – $380.12
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $7,626.42 $50.00 – $380.12

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