Procalcitonin 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

$104.58

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.

$166.00

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.

$12.25 with Wellpoint vs $149.40 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 $12.25 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Tenncare $17.14 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial $24.41 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $27.22 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $27.22 ↓ -74%
Tricare Humana Military $27.22 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Options PPO $27.22 ↓ -74%
Optum VA CCN $27.22 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $28.04 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $28.04 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $28.04 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $28.04 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $28.04 ↓ -73%
Humana DSNP $28.04 ↓ -73%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $28.31 ↓ -73%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $28.31 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $28.58 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $28.58 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint DSNP $28.58 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $28.58 ↓ -73%
NHC Advantage ISNP $28.58 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health HMO $28.58 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $28.58 ↓ -73%
American Health Plan ISNP $28.58 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare DSNP $28.58 ↓ -73%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $28.58 ↓ -73%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $28.58 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $28.58 ↓ -73%
Devoted Health PPO $28.58 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare PPO $28.58 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare HMO $28.58 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $28.58 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $28.58 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $28.58 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $28.58 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $28.58 ↓ -73%
BCBS TN Blue Care $37.21 ↓ -64%
Ambetter Exchange $49.27 ↓ -53%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $52.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna IFP $55.51 ↓ -47%
Cigna Local Plus $55.75 ↓ -47%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $56.56 ↓ -46%
Cigna OAP $60.60 ↓ -42%
Cigna HMO $60.60 ↓ -42%
Cigna POS $60.60 ↓ -42%
EHN Network Lease $74.70 ↓ -29%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $99.60 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $107.90 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $116.20 ↑ +11%
Beech Street PPO $124.50 ↑ +19%
NovaNet Network Lease $124.50 ↑ +19%
National Provider Network PPO $132.80 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $132.80 ↑ +27%
Direct Care America PPO $132.80 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $132.80 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $141.10 ↑ +35%
Initial Group PPO $146.08 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $149.40 ↑ +43%

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Procalcitonin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $54.78 $12.25 – $149.40
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $91.44 $9.80 – $103.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $48.25 $23.79 – $114.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $117.99 $22.56 – $54.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $68.95 $23.79 – $114.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.45 $13.61 – $59.34
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84

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