Chest X-ray (single view) at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
990 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1700870672
$53.46
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.
$162.00
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.
$9.75 with BCBS TN vs $163.61 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 | $9.75 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $23.82 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $28.97 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna | IFP | $35.79 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $35.95 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | POS | $39.08 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | HMO | $39.08 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | OAP | $39.08 | ↓ -27% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $72.90 | ↑ +36% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $74.42 | ↑ +39% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $78.96 | ↑ +48% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $78.96 | ↑ +48% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $80.13 | ↑ +50% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $81.33 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $81.33 | ↑ +52% |
| Humana | DSNP | $81.33 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $81.33 | ↑ +52% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $81.33 | ↑ +52% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $82.12 | ↑ +54% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $82.12 | ↑ +54% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $82.91 | ↑ +55% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $97.20 | ↑ +82% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $105.30 | ↑ +97% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $113.40 | ↑ +112% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $121.50 | ↑ +127% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $129.60 | ↑ +142% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $129.60 | ↑ +142% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $129.60 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $130.00 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $130.00 | ↑ +143% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $137.70 | ↑ +158% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $137.70 | ↑ +158% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $142.56 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $145.80 | ↑ +173% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $163.61 | ↑ +206% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $163.61 | ↑ +206% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $163.61 | ↑ +206% |
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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $106.05 | $7.80 – $127.70 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $135.57 | $11.61 – $320.60 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $92.00 | $7.80 – $160.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $193.74 | $11.61 – $320.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $65.85 | $9.05 – $177.03 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $101.01 | $7.80 – $127.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $101.22 | $7.80 – $127.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $101.01 | $11.33 – $127.70 |