Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
990 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1700870672
$2,021.25
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.
$6,125.00
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.
$40.63 with BCBS TN vs $174.15 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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| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $40.63 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $42.57 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $54.18 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $54.18 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $58.05 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | IFP | $82.23 | ↓ -96% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $87.07 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | HMO | $96.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | OAP | $96.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | POS | $96.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $96.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $96.75 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $116.10 | ↓ -94% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $116.10 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $116.10 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $125.77 | ↓ -94% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $135.45 | ↓ -93% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $145.12 | ↓ -93% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $154.80 | ↓ -92% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $154.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $154.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $164.47 | ↓ -92% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $164.47 | ↓ -92% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $170.28 | ↓ -92% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $174.15 | ↓ -91% |
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Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $1,612.50 | $33.77 – $144.74 |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center | Lenoir City | $526.34 | $59.49 – $254.98 |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $1,773.75 | $31.71 – $135.91 |
| Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. | Crossville | $1,720.00 | $40.29 – $172.69 |