Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
990 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1700870672
$60.06
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.
$182.00
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.
$37.15 with United Healthcare vs $125.07 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.
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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| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $37.15 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $100.06 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $125.07 | ↑ +108% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $125.07 | ↑ +108% |
| Cigna | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | IFP | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Local Plus | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | OAP | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | POS | not published by hospital | — |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | not published by hospital | — |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | not published by hospital | — |
| Direct Care America | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| EHN | Network Lease | not published by hospital | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Initial Group | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| National Provider Network | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Ambetter | Exchange | not published by hospital | — |
| Beech Street | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
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Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $111.96 | $32.48 – $186.35 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $156.29 | $48.34 – $369.60 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $131.56 | $32.48 – $72.77 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $223.35 | $48.34 – $369.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $82.20 | $37.68 – $355.49 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $154.29 | $32.48 – $186.35 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $154.29 | $32.48 – $186.35 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $146.93 | $33.53 – $186.35 |