Liver imaging at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
990 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1700870672
$503.58
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.
$1,526.00
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.
$83.49 with BCBS TN vs $2,607.99 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 | $83.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $244.96 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | IFP | $329.07 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $330.51 | ↓ -34% |
| Cigna | HMO | $359.25 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | POS | $359.25 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | OAP | $359.25 | ↓ -29% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $492.62 | ↓ -2% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $492.62 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | DSNP | $507.40 | ↑ +1% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $507.40 | ↑ +1% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $507.40 | ↑ +1% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $507.40 | ↑ +1% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $507.40 | ↑ +1% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $512.32 | ↑ +2% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $512.32 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $517.25 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $531.03 | ↑ +5% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $556.44 | ↑ +10% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $686.70 | ↑ +36% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $915.60 | ↑ +82% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $991.90 | ↑ +97% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $1,068.20 | ↑ +112% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $1,079.00 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $1,079.00 | ↑ +114% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $1,144.50 | ↑ +127% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $1,186.24 | ↑ +136% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $1,220.80 | ↑ +142% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $1,220.80 | ↑ +142% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $1,220.80 | ↑ +142% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $1,297.10 | ↑ +158% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $1,297.10 | ↑ +158% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $1,342.88 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,373.40 | ↑ +173% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $2,607.99 | ↑ +418% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $2,607.99 | ↑ +418% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $2,607.99 | ↑ +418% |
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Liver imaging at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $550.59 | $66.79 – $2,035.50 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $324.42 | $99.40 – $767.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $463.61 | $99.40 – $767.20 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $452.25 | $77.48 – $1,154.30 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $452.25 | $77.48 – $1,252.56 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $452.25 | $77.48 – $1,236.21 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $452.25 | $94.17 – $1,252.56 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $452.25 | $77.48 – $1,236.21 |