2021 Tennessee Code
Part 2 - Regulation of Health and Related Facilities
§ 68-11-243. Collection of Out-of-Network Charges by Healthcare Facility

The physicians and other healthcare providers that may treat the patient at this facility may not be employed by this facility and may not participate in the patient's insurance network.
Anesthesiologists, radiologists, emergency room physicians, and pathologists are not employed by this facility. Services provided by those specialists, among others, will be billed separately.
Before receiving services, the patient should check with his or her insurance carrier to find out if the patient's providers are in-network. Otherwise, the patient may be at risk of higher out-of-network charges.
The patient will be billed for additional charges, including out-of-network charges, if the patient is provided medical services by a healthcare provider that is not in-network. ln particular, the patient should ask the facility if he or she will be provided any medical services by anesthesiologists, radiologists, emergency room physicians, or pathologists who are not in the patient's network.

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