Ph body fluid 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

$30.87

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.

$49.00

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.

$1.61 with Wellpoint vs $18.00 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 $1.61 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Tenncare $2.29 ↓ -93%
Aetna Commercial $3.21 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $3.58 ↓ -88%
Tricare Humana Military $3.58 ↓ -88%
Optum VA CCN $3.58 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $3.58 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3.58 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $3.69 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $3.69 ↓ -88%
Humana DSNP $3.69 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3.69 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $3.69 ↓ -88%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $3.72 ↓ -88%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $3.72 ↓ -88%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $3.76 ↓ -88%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $3.76 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $3.76 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3.76 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health HMO $3.76 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare DSNP $3.76 ↓ -88%
American Health Plan ISNP $3.76 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3.76 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health PPO $3.76 ↓ -88%
NHC Advantage ISNP $3.76 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $3.76 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare PPO $3.76 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare HMO $3.76 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $3.76 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $3.76 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $3.76 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $3.76 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $3.76 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $3.76 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint DSNP $3.76 ↓ -88%
BCBS TN Blue Care $4.98 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Exchange $6.48 ↓ -79%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $6.97 ↓ -77%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $7.56 ↓ -76%
Cigna IFP $7.63 ↓ -75%
Cigna Local Plus $7.66 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $8.33 ↓ -73%
Cigna HMO $8.33 ↓ -73%
Cigna POS $8.33 ↓ -73%
EHN Network Lease $9.00 ↓ -71%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $12.00 ↓ -61%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $13.00 ↓ -58%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $14.00 ↓ -55%
NovaNet Network Lease $15.00 ↓ -51%
Beech Street PPO $15.00 ↓ -51%
MedSave USA Commercial $16.00 ↓ -48%
Cigna BHO $16.00 ↓ -48%
Direct Care America PPO $16.00 ↓ -48%
National Provider Network PPO $16.00 ↓ -48%
CCN Managed Care PPO $17.00 ↓ -45%
Initial Group PPO $17.60 ↓ -43%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $18.00 ↓ -42%

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