Bfb train 1st 15min cntct 90912 at Ascension Saint Thomas River Park

1559 Sparta Rd, McMinnville, TN · Ascension · · NPI 1518346469

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

$41.93

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.

$139.75

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.

$64.92 with POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS vs $159.68 with BCBS MISSIONPOINT — 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
POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS 3224_MTTN RHTN RPTN SDTN STTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS INPATIENT 20251001 $64.92 ↑ +55%
POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS 2946_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS OUTPATIENT 20250101 $64.92 ↑ +55%
AMERIGROUP MCAID REPLACEMENT 2938_RPTN MEDICAID REPLACEMENT AMERIGROUP OUTPATIENT 20250101 $67.08 ↑ +60%
COMMUNITY PLAN 1743_MTTN MEDICAID REPLACEMENT UNITED HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY PLAN OUTPATIENT 20210101 $69.09 ↑ +65%
COMMUNITY PLAN 1744_STTN MEDICAID REPLACEMENT UNITED HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY PLAN OUTPATIENT 20210101 $69.09 ↑ +65%
HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT 3215_RPTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
UHC MCR REPLACEMENT 2951_MTTN STTN RPTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
UHC MCR REPLACEMENT 3226_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
OPTUM VA 3205_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OPTUM VA INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
AMERICHOICE MEDICARE 3206_RHTN, RPTN, SDTN, THTN AMERICHOICE MEDICARE INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 3227_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CLOVER INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
AMERIGROUP MCR REPLACEMENT 2958_RPTN RHTN THTN SDTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIGROUP OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
AMERIGROUP MCR REPLACEMENT 3213_RPTN RHTN THTN SDTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIGROUP INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
ASCENSION COMPLETE 2940_ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
ASCENSION COMPLETE 3229_ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
OPTUM VA 2935_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OPTUM VA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
BCBS BLUECARE PLUS 2953_RHTN RPTN SDTN THTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUECARE PLUS OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
BCBS BLUECARE PLUS 3216_RHTN RPTN SDTN THTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUECARE PLUS INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
NHC ADVANTAGE 3225_MTTN RHTN RPTN SDTN STTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
NHC ADVANTAGE 2948_MTTN RHTN RPTN SDTN STTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
CENTURION OF TN 2942_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CENTURION OF TN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
CENTURION OF TN 3228_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CENTURION OF TN INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
COVID UNINSURED TEST FUND 3202_COVID UNINSURED TEST FUND INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
AMERICHOICE MEDICARE 2955_RPTN AMERICHOICE MEDICARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 2943_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CLOVER OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 2944_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 3219_MTTN STTN RPTN SDTN RHTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT 20251001 $72.13 ↑ +72%
HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT 2957_RPTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $72.13 ↑ +72%
AETNA MEDADVANTAGE 3214_RPTN RHTN SDTN THTN MTTN STTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 $73.57 ↑ +75%
AETNA MEDADVANTAGE 2956_RHTN RPTN SDTN THTN MTTN STTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $73.57 ↑ +75%
BCBS MCR REPLACEMENT 3238_THTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD INPATIENT 20251001 $75.74 ↑ +81%
BCBS MCR REPLACEMENT 2941_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $75.74 ↑ +81%
AMBETTER OF TN 2933_AMBETTER OF TN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $93.77 ↑ +124%
AMBETTER OF TN 3236_AMBETTER OF TN INPATIENT 20251001 $93.77 ↑ +124%
BCBS BLUE CARE (REGIONALS ONLY) 2430_BCBS BLUE CARE (RIVER PARK) 20221001 $98.52 ↑ +135%
OSCAR HEALTH 500_OSCAR HEALTH (RIVER PARK) OP 20180101 $100.98 ↑ +141%
SMART HEALTH 3237_MTTN, RPTN, RHTN, SDTN, THTN ASCENSION SMART HEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $100.98 ↑ +141%
SMART HEALTH 2936_MTTN, RPTN, RHTN, SDTN, THTN ASCENSION SMART HEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $100.98 ↑ +141%
CIGNA CONNECT 2780_RHTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $102.89 ↑ +145%
CIGNA CONNECT 2784_SDTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $102.89 ↑ +145%
CIGNA CONNECT 2779_RPTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $102.89 ↑ +145%
CIGNA CONNECT 2772_MTTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $102.89 ↑ +145%
CIGNA CONNECT 2769_STTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $102.89 ↑ +145%
CIGNA CONNECT 3148_HKTN CIGNA CONNECT 20250101 $111.08 ↑ +165%
BCBS TENNCARE SELECT 2426_BCBS TENNCARE SELECT (RIVER PARK) 20221001 $125.29 ↑ +199%
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 2422_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT REGIONAL 20221001 $159.68 ↑ +281%

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Bfb train 1st 15min cntct 90912 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $42.50 $64.92 – $159.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $42.50 $64.92 – $159.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $64.92 – $159.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $36.38 – $159.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $69.09 – $159.68

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