MRA without fol w/cont, lwr ext 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

$943.64

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.

$3,145.45

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.

$562.19 with AETNA VHAN vs $2,323.41 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
AETNA VHAN 3022_MTTN AETNA VHAN 20241015 $562.19 ↓ -40%
AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 3023_MTTN AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241015 $562.19 ↓ -40%
AETNA (RUTHERFORD ONLY) 3160_MTTN AETNA 20250701 $562.19 ↓ -40%
AETNA 3159_STTN AETNA 20250701 $573.63 ↓ -39%
BCBS ACA EXCHANGE 3147_STTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 $581.65 ↓ -38%
UHC 3176_UHC (STTN) 20250715 $610.96 ↓ -35%
UHC 3171_MTTN UHC 20250715 $610.96 ↓ -35%
UHC 3172_RPTN UHC 20250715 $610.96 ↓ -35%
UHC 3173_RHTN UHC 20250715 $610.96 ↓ -35%
UHC 3174_SDTN UHC 20250715 $610.96 ↓ -35%
UHC 3175_THTN UHC 20250715 $610.96 ↓ -35%
BCBS ACA EXCHANGE 3146_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 $768.95 ↓ -19%
AETNA 3161_RPTN AETNA 20250701 $817.61 ↓ -13%
BCBS SELECT 3178_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT 20250701 $837.96 ↓ -11%
BCBS NETWORK L 3151_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L 20250401 $837.96 ↓ -11%
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 2422_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT REGIONAL 20221001 $857.68 ↓ -9%
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 2416_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSION POINT 20221001 $857.68 ↓ -9%
BCBS NETWORK E 3149_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E REGIONAL 20250401 $882.33 ↓ -6%
BCBS PREFERRED 3177_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED 20250701 $906.97 ↓ -4%
BCBS NETWORK L 3150_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L REGIONAL 20250401 $961.19 ↑ +2%
BCBS SELECT 3182_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT REGIONAL 20250701 $961.19 ↑ +2%
BCBS PREFERRED 3181_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED REGIONAL 20250701 $1,040.06 ↑ +10%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3192_RHTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $1,407.61 ↑ +49%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3193_CIGNA LOCALPLUS (DEKALB) 20250601 $1,407.61 ↑ +49%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3187_STTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $1,534.81 ↑ +63%
CIGNA PPO 3199_CIGNA PPO (DEKALB) 20250601 $1,704.40 ↑ +81%
CIGNA HMO 3196_CIGNA HMO (DEKALB) 20250601 $1,721.36 ↑ +82%
CIGNA SUREFIT 2834_MTTN CIGNA SUREFIT 20241001 $1,780.72 ↑ +89%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3186_MTTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $2,149.58 ↑ +128%
CIGNA HMO 3188_MTTN CIGNA HMO 20250601 $2,323.41 ↑ +146%

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