Card MRI veloc flow mapping at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

1700 Medical Center Pkwy Murfreesboro TN 37129|5127 Veterans Pkwy, Murfreesboro, TN · Ascension · · NPI 1164590386

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

$447.84

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.

$1,492.80

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.

$46.15 with BCBS ACA EXCHANGE vs $388.13 with AETNA — 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 ACA EXCHANGE 3147_STTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 $46.15 ↓ -90%
BCBS TENNCARE SELECT 2414_BCBS BLUE CARE TENNCARE (RUTHERFORD) 20221001 $56.99 ↓ -87%
BCBS ACA EXCHANGE 3146_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 $61.01 ↓ -86%
BCBS SELECT 3178_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT 20250701 $66.49 ↓ -85%
BCBS NETWORK L 3151_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L 20250401 $66.49 ↓ -85%
HUMANA +51 CPOS 2835_MTTN HUMANA +51 CPOS 20241001 $68.03 ↓ -85%
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 2422_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT REGIONAL 20221001 $68.05 ↓ -85%
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 2416_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSION POINT 20221001 $68.05 ↓ -85%
BCBS NETWORK E 3149_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E REGIONAL 20250401 $70.01 ↓ -84%
BCBS PREFERRED 3177_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED 20250701 $71.96 ↓ -84%
BCBS NETWORK L 3150_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L REGIONAL 20250401 $76.26 ↓ -83%
BCBS SELECT 3182_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT REGIONAL 20250701 $76.26 ↓ -83%
BCBS PREFERRED 3181_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED REGIONAL 20250701 $82.52 ↓ -82%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3192_RHTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $129.22 ↓ -71%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3193_CIGNA LOCALPLUS (DEKALB) 20250601 $129.22 ↓ -71%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3187_STTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $140.89 ↓ -69%
AETNA (RUTHERFORD ONLY) 3160_MTTN AETNA 20250701 $148.24 ↓ -67%
AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 3023_MTTN AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241015 $148.24 ↓ -67%
AETNA VHAN 3022_MTTN AETNA VHAN 20241015 $148.24 ↓ -67%
AETNA 3159_STTN AETNA 20250701 $151.25 ↓ -66%
CIGNA PPO 3199_CIGNA PPO (DEKALB) 20250601 $156.46 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HMO 3196_CIGNA HMO (DEKALB) 20250601 $158.02 ↓ -65%
CIGNA SUREFIT 2834_MTTN CIGNA SUREFIT 20241001 $163.47 ↓ -63%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3186_MTTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $197.32 ↓ -56%
CIGNA HMO 3188_MTTN CIGNA HMO 20250601 $213.29 ↓ -52%
AETNA 3161_RPTN AETNA 20250701 $388.13 ↓ -13%

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Card MRI veloc flow mapping at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $46.15 – $158.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $46.15 – $158.02
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $46.15 – $158.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $46.15 – $158.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $46.15 – $158.02

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