Bone marrow imaging body 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

$273.57

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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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$829.00

Gross charge

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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.

$143.95 with BCBS TN vs $1,079.00 with BCBS 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 $143.95 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Tenncare $155.30 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial $304.33 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $343.26 ↑ +25%
Optum VA CCN $362.70 ↑ +33%
Tricare Humana Military $362.70 ↑ +33%
EHN Network Lease $373.05 ↑ +36%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $373.58 ↑ +37%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $373.58 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $373.58 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $373.58 ↑ +37%
Humana DSNP $373.58 ↑ +37%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $377.21 ↑ +38%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $377.21 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $380.84 ↑ +39%
Devoted Health HMO $380.84 ↑ +39%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $380.84 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare DSNP $380.84 ↑ +39%
Devoted Health PPO $380.84 ↑ +39%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $380.84 ↑ +39%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $380.84 ↑ +39%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $380.84 ↑ +39%
Cigna Medicare PPO $380.84 ↑ +39%
Cigna Medicare HMO $380.84 ↑ +39%
Wellpoint DSNP $380.84 ↑ +39%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $380.84 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $380.84 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $380.84 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $380.84 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $380.84 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $380.84 ↑ +39%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $380.84 ↑ +39%
Cigna IFP $409.54 ↑ +50%
Cigna Local Plus $411.33 ↑ +50%
Cigna POS $447.10 ↑ +63%
Cigna HMO $447.10 ↑ +63%
Cigna OAP $447.10 ↑ +63%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $497.40 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $538.85 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $580.30 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $621.75 ↑ +127%
MedSave USA Commercial $663.20 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $663.20 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $663.20 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $704.65 ↑ +158%
Beech Street PPO $704.65 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $729.52 ↑ +167%
Ambetter Exchange $731.94 ↑ +168%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $746.10 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare Options PPO $754.67 ↑ +176%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $754.67 ↑ +176%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $754.67 ↑ +176%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,079.00 ↑ +294%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $1,079.00 ↑ +294%

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Bone marrow imaging body at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $759.27 $115.16 – $589.01
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $6,585.78 $145.56 – $602.01
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $273.57 $143.95 – $746.10
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $248.70 $143.95 – $746.10
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $115.16 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $115.16 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $126.65 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $115.16 – $589.01

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