CT scan for therapy guide at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford
1700 Medical Center Pkwy Murfreesboro TN 37129|5127 Veterans Pkwy, Murfreesboro, TN · Ascension · · NPI 1164590386
$403.28
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.
$1,344.25
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.
$84.49 with BCBS ACA EXCHANGE vs $699.01 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.
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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| BCBS ACA EXCHANGE | 3147_STTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 | $84.49 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS TENNCARE SELECT | 2414_BCBS BLUE CARE TENNCARE (RUTHERFORD) 20221001 | $91.22 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS ACA EXCHANGE | 3146_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 | $111.69 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS SELECT | 3178_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT 20250701 | $121.72 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS NETWORK L | 3151_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L 20250401 | $121.72 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS MISSIONPOINT | 2416_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSION POINT 20221001 | $124.58 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS MISSIONPOINT | 2422_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT REGIONAL 20221001 | $124.58 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS NETWORK E | 3149_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E REGIONAL 20250401 | $128.16 | ↓ -68% |
| HUMANA +51 CPOS | 2835_MTTN HUMANA +51 CPOS 20241001 | $130.39 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS PREFERRED | 3177_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED 20250701 | $131.74 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS SELECT | 3182_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT REGIONAL 20250701 | $139.62 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS NETWORK L | 3150_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L REGIONAL 20250401 | $139.62 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS PREFERRED | 3181_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED REGIONAL 20250701 | $151.08 | ↓ -63% |
| AETNA | 3161_RPTN AETNA 20250701 | $349.50 | ↓ -13% |
| AETNA (RUTHERFORD ONLY) | 3160_MTTN AETNA 20250701 | $551.54 | ↑ +37% |
| AETNA WHOLE HEALTH | 3023_MTTN AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241015 | $551.54 | ↑ +37% |
| AETNA VHAN | 3022_MTTN AETNA VHAN 20241015 | $551.54 | ↑ +37% |
| AETNA | 3159_STTN AETNA 20250701 | $562.76 | ↑ +40% |
| AETNA | 3164_THTN AETNA 20250701 | $699.01 | ↑ +73% |
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CT scan for therapy guide at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $84.49 – $562.76 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $84.49 – $562.76 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $84.49 – $562.76 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $84.49 – $562.76 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $84.49 – $562.76 |