Salivary gland imaging 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

$202.29

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.

$613.00

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.

$76.98 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 $76.98 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Tenncare $155.30 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $220.91 ↑ +9%
EHN Network Lease $275.85 ↑ +36%
Cigna IFP $300.61 ↑ +49%
Cigna Local Plus $301.92 ↑ +49%
Cigna POS $328.18 ↑ +62%
Cigna HMO $328.18 ↑ +62%
Cigna OAP $328.18 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $343.26 ↑ +70%
Optum VA CCN $362.70 ↑ +79%
Tricare Humana Military $362.70 ↑ +79%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $367.80 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $373.58 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $373.58 ↑ +85%
Humana DSNP $373.58 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $373.58 ↑ +85%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $373.58 ↑ +85%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $377.21 ↑ +86%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $377.21 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $380.84 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health HMO $380.84 ↑ +88%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $380.84 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare DSNP $380.84 ↑ +88%
Devoted Health PPO $380.84 ↑ +88%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $380.84 ↑ +88%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $380.84 ↑ +88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $380.84 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare PPO $380.84 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare HMO $380.84 ↑ +88%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $380.84 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint DSNP $380.84 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $380.84 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $380.84 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $380.84 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $380.84 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $380.84 ↑ +88%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $380.84 ↑ +88%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $398.45 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $429.10 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $459.75 ↑ +127%
MedSave USA Commercial $490.40 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $490.40 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $490.40 ↑ +142%
Ambetter Exchange $514.60 ↑ +154%
CCN Managed Care PPO $521.05 ↑ +158%
Beech Street PPO $521.05 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $539.44 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $551.70 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare Options PPO $754.67 ↑ +273%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $754.67 ↑ +273%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $754.67 ↑ +273%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,079.00 ↑ +433%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $1,079.00 ↑ +433%

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Salivary gland imaging at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $183.90 $76.98 – $551.70
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $202.29 $76.98 – $551.70
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $202.29 $76.98 – $551.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $61.58 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $61.58 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $61.58 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $92.01 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $61.58 – $589.01

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