Vital capacity test at Parkwest Medical Center
9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165
$70.50
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.
$235.00
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.
$23.60 with BCBS TN vs $385.00 with United Healthcare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $23.60 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $26.37 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $27.14 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $29.51 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $63.55 | ↓ -10% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $105.75 | ↑ +50% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $116.74 | ↑ +66% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $116.74 | ↑ +66% |
| Cigna | IFP | $119.38 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $119.38 | ↑ +69% |
| Humana | DSNP | $120.24 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $120.24 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $120.24 | ↑ +71% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $120.24 | ↑ +71% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $120.24 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $120.24 | ↑ +71% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $121.41 | ↑ +72% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $121.41 | ↑ +72% |
| American Health Plan | ISNP | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| NHC Advantage | ISNP | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $122.58 | ↑ +74% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $129.00 | ↑ +83% |
| Cigna | POS | $140.53 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | HMO | $140.53 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | OAP | $140.53 | ↑ +99% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $141.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $141.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $152.75 | ↑ +117% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $164.50 | ↑ +133% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $176.25 | ↑ +150% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $176.25 | ↑ +150% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $188.00 | ↑ +167% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $188.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Cigna | BHO | $188.00 | ↑ +167% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $188.00 | ↑ +167% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $199.75 | ↑ +183% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $206.80 | ↑ +193% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $211.50 | ↑ +200% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $268.00 | ↑ +280% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $314.00 | ↑ +345% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $385.00 | ↑ +446% |
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Vital capacity test at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $77.55 | $23.60 – $211.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $102.35 | $2.56 – $209.78 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $161.62 | $3.81 – $382.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $230.96 | $3.81 – $382.20 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $28.35 | $2.97 – $261.75 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $77.82 | $2.56 – $206.75 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $28.35 | $2.97 – $261.75 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $28.35 | $2.97 – $266.10 |