Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

990 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1700870672

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$2,593.80

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.

$7,860.00

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.

$1,575.00 with BCBS TN vs $10,126.39 with Blue Cross of TN — 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Tenncare $2,671.00 ↑ +3%
Cigna IFP $3,186.00 ↑ +23%
Ambetter Exchange $3,332.00 ↑ +28%
EHN Network Lease $3,537.00 ↑ +36%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $3,600.00 ↑ +39%
Cigna Local Plus $3,907.00 ↑ +51%
Cigna HMO $4,595.00 ↑ +77%
Cigna POS $4,595.00 ↑ +77%
Cigna OAP $4,595.00 ↑ +77%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $4,716.00 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $5,109.00 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $5,502.00 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $5,895.00 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $6,058.00 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial $6,083.44 ↑ +135%
Direct Care America PPO $6,288.00 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $6,288.00 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $6,288.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $6,681.00 ↑ +158%
CCN Managed Care PPO $6,681.00 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $6,916.80 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,074.00 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $7,125.00 ↑ +175%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $7,553.00 ↑ +191%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $7,553.00 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare Options PPO $8,693.00 ↑ +235%
Tricare Humana Military $9,644.18 ↑ +272%
Optum VA CCN $9,644.18 ↑ +272%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $9,933.51 ↑ +283%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $9,933.51 ↑ +283%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $9,933.51 ↑ +283%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9,933.51 ↑ +283%
Humana DSNP $9,933.51 ↑ +283%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $10,029.95 ↑ +287%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $10,029.95 ↑ +287%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Cigna Medicare PPO $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Devoted Health PPO $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Devoted Health HMO $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Wellpoint DSNP $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
United Healthcare DSNP $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Cigna Medicare HMO $10,126.39 ↑ +290%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $10,126.39 ↑ +290%

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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $3,958.92 $2,543.00 – $3,142.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $3,958.92 $3,006.00 – $3,160.00
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $2,329.11 $844.67 – $19,067.10
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $2,047.95 – $3,160.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $2,047.95 – $3,160.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $2,047.95 – $3,160.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $3,006.00 – $3,160.00
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $707.92 – $10,126.39

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