Radiology port images(s) 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

$109.85

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.

$366.15

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.

$14.64 with BCBS ACA EXCHANGE vs $95.20 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 $14.64 ↓ -87%
BCBS TENNCARE SELECT 2414_BCBS BLUE CARE TENNCARE (RUTHERFORD) 20221001 $16.87 ↓ -85%
HUMANA +51 CPOS 2835_MTTN HUMANA +51 CPOS 20241001 $19.01 ↓ -83%
BCBS ACA EXCHANGE 3146_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 $19.36 ↓ -82%
BCBS NETWORK L 3151_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L 20250401 $21.10 ↓ -81%
BCBS SELECT 3178_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT 20250701 $21.10 ↓ -81%
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 2422_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT REGIONAL 20221001 $21.59 ↓ -80%
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 2416_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSION POINT 20221001 $21.59 ↓ -80%
BCBS NETWORK E 3149_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E REGIONAL 20250401 $22.21 ↓ -80%
BCBS PREFERRED 3177_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED 20250701 $22.83 ↓ -79%
BCBS NETWORK L 3150_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L REGIONAL 20250401 $24.20 ↓ -78%
BCBS SELECT 3182_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT REGIONAL 20250701 $24.20 ↓ -78%
AETNA (RUTHERFORD ONLY) 3160_MTTN AETNA 20250701 $25.92 ↓ -76%
AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 3023_MTTN AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241015 $25.92 ↓ -76%
AETNA VHAN 3022_MTTN AETNA VHAN 20241015 $25.92 ↓ -76%
BCBS PREFERRED 3181_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED REGIONAL 20250701 $26.19 ↓ -76%
AETNA 3159_STTN AETNA 20250701 $26.45 ↓ -76%
AETNA 3161_RPTN AETNA 20250701 $95.20 ↓ -13%

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Radiology port images(s) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $14.64 – $26.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $14.64 – $26.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $14.64 – $32.05
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $14.64 – $26.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $14.64 – $26.45

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