Glucose blood by monitoring device cleared by fda for home use at Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman

135 E Swan St, Centerville, TN · Ascension · · NPI 1245275254

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

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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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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.

$2.95 with UHC vs $10.16 with CIGNA HMO — 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
UHC 3171_MTTN UHC 20250715 $2.95
UHC 3172_RPTN UHC 20250715 $2.95
UHC 3173_RHTN UHC 20250715 $2.95
UHC 3174_SDTN UHC 20250715 $2.95
UHC 3175_THTN UHC 20250715 $2.95
UHC 3176_UHC (STTN) 20250715 $2.95
COMMUNITY PLAN 1743_MTTN MEDICAID REPLACEMENT UNITED HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY PLAN OUTPATIENT 20210101 $2.95
COMMUNITY PLAN 1744_STTN MEDICAID REPLACEMENT UNITED HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY PLAN OUTPATIENT 20210101 $2.95
UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE 3165_MTTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 $2.95
UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE 3166_UHC STTN EXCHANGE 20250715 $2.95
UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE 3167_RPTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 $2.95
UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE 3168_RHTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 $2.95
UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE 3169_SDTN UHC COMPASS 20250715 $2.95
UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE 3170_THTN UHC COMPASS 20250715 $2.95
CIGNA CONNECT 2779_RPTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $4.59
CIGNA CONNECT 2780_RHTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $4.59
CIGNA CONNECT 2784_SDTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $4.59
CIGNA CONNECT 2769_STTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $4.59
CIGNA CONNECT 2772_MTTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $4.59
AETNA (RUTHERFORD ONLY) 3160_MTTN AETNA 20250701 $4.65
AETNA 3159_STTN AETNA 20250701 $4.65
BCBS ACA EXCHANGE 3147_STTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 $4.80
CIGNA CONNECT 3148_HKTN CIGNA CONNECT 20250101 $5.05
BCBS ACA EXCHANGE 3146_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 $5.60
BCBS NETWORK E 3149_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E REGIONAL 20250401 $5.73
BCBS NETWORK L 3150_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L REGIONAL 20250401 $6.24
BCBS SELECT 3182_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT REGIONAL 20250701 $6.24
BCBS PREFERRED 3181_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED REGIONAL 20250701 $6.75
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 2422_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT REGIONAL 20221001 $6.82
CIGNA PPO 3199_CIGNA PPO (DEKALB) 20250601 $7.00
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3192_RHTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $7.82
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3193_CIGNA LOCALPLUS (DEKALB) 20250601 $7.82
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3187_STTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $9.25
CIGNA HMO 3196_CIGNA HMO (DEKALB) 20250601 $10.16

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Glucose blood by monitoring device cleared by fda for home use at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $1.64 – $10.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $1.64 – $10.16
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $1.64 – $12.41
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $2.95 – $10.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2.95 – $10.16

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