Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs 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

$119.70

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.

$190.00

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.

$13.23 with United Healthcare vs $75.60 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $13.23 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial $24.29 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $31.17 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $33.43 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Options PPO $33.43 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $33.43 ↓ -72%
BCBS TN Blue Care $34.50 ↓ -71%
EHN Network Lease $37.80 ↓ -68%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $48.30 ↓ -60%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $50.40 ↓ -58%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $52.44 ↓ -56%
Optum VA CCN $53.52 ↓ -55%
Tricare Humana Military $53.52 ↓ -55%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $54.60 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $55.13 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $55.13 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $55.13 ↓ -54%
Humana DSNP $55.13 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage $55.13 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $55.13 ↓ -54%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $55.66 ↓ -54%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $55.66 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $56.20 ↓ -53%
Devoted Health HMO $56.20 ↓ -53%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $56.20 ↓ -53%
American Health Plan ISNP $56.20 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare DSNP $56.20 ↓ -53%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $56.20 ↓ -53%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $56.20 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $56.20 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare PPO $56.20 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare HMO $56.20 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $56.20 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint DSNP $56.20 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $56.20 ↓ -53%
NHC Advantage ISNP $56.20 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $56.20 ↓ -53%
Devoted Health PPO $56.20 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $56.20 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $56.20 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $56.20 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $56.20 ↓ -53%
Cigna IFP $58.28 ↓ -51%
Cigna Local Plus $58.54 ↓ -51%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $58.80 ↓ -51%
NovaNet Network Lease $63.00 ↓ -47%
Beech Street PPO $63.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna HMO $63.63 ↓ -47%
Cigna POS $63.63 ↓ -47%
Cigna OAP $63.63 ↓ -47%
Cigna BHO $67.20 ↓ -44%
Direct Care America PPO $67.20 ↓ -44%
MedSave USA Commercial $67.20 ↓ -44%
National Provider Network PPO $67.20 ↓ -44%
CCN Managed Care PPO $71.40 ↓ -40%
Initial Group PPO $73.92 ↓ -38%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $75.60 ↓ -37%

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Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $62.70 $13.23 – $75.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $91.73 $0.90 – $97.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $29.60 $1.34 – $70.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $42.30 $1.34 – $70.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $91.65 $1.04 – $120.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $91.73 $0.90 – $97.06
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $91.73 $0.90 – $97.06
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $91.73 $1.34 – $97.06

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