Tissue culture skin/biopsy at Parkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165
$243.18
Cash price 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.
$386.00
Gross charge 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.
$63.33 with Wellpoint vs $347.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $63.33 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $90.01 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $126.24 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $140.73 | ↓ -42% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $140.73 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $140.73 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $140.73 | ↓ -42% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $140.73 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $144.95 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $144.95 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | DSNP | $144.95 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $144.95 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $144.95 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $144.95 | ↓ -40% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $146.36 | ↓ -40% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $146.36 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| American Health Plan | ISNP | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| NHC Advantage | ISNP | $147.77 | ↓ -39% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $173.70 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $195.45 | ↓ -20% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $231.60 | ↓ -5% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $250.90 | ↑ +3% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $254.72 | ↑ +5% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $270.20 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $273.63 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | IFP | $287.90 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $289.16 | ↑ +19% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $289.50 | ↑ +19% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $289.50 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $297.08 | ↑ +22% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $308.80 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | BHO | $308.80 | ↑ +27% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $308.80 | ↑ +27% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $308.80 | ↑ +27% |
| Cigna | OAP | $314.30 | ↑ +29% |
| Cigna | HMO | $314.30 | ↑ +29% |
| Cigna | POS | $314.30 | ↑ +29% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $328.10 | ↑ +35% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $339.68 | ↑ +40% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $347.40 | ↑ +43% |
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Tissue culture skin/biopsy at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $127.38 | $63.33 – $254.72 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $430.02 | $50.66 – $545.18 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $130.95 | $70.37 – $306.79 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $128.34 | $99.67 – $310.37 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $130.95 | $63.33 – $306.79 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $130.95 | $70.37 – $337.75 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $130.95 | $70.37 – $306.79 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $130.95 | $70.37 – $337.75 |