Radiotherapy dose plan imrt 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

$3,586.70

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.

$11,955.65

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.

$723.69 with BCBS TENNCARE SELECT vs $4,177.58 with CIGNA PPO — 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 TENNCARE SELECT 2414_BCBS BLUE CARE TENNCARE (RUTHERFORD) 20221001 $723.69 ↓ -80%
BCBS ACA EXCHANGE 3147_STTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 $1,633.86 ↓ -54%
BCBS ACA EXCHANGE 3146_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 $2,160.02 ↓ -40%
BCBS NETWORK L 3151_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L 20250401 $2,353.87 ↓ -34%
BCBS SELECT 3178_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT 20250701 $2,353.87 ↓ -34%
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 2416_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSION POINT 20221001 $2,409.26 ↓ -33%
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 2422_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT REGIONAL 20221001 $2,409.26 ↓ -33%
BCBS NETWORK E 3149_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E REGIONAL 20250401 $2,478.49 ↓ -31%
HUMANA +51 CPOS 2835_MTTN HUMANA +51 CPOS 20241001 $2,522.84 ↓ -30%
BCBS PREFERRED 3177_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED 20250701 $2,547.72 ↓ -29%
BCBS NETWORK L 3150_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L REGIONAL 20250401 $2,700.03 ↓ -25%
BCBS SELECT 3182_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT REGIONAL 20250701 $2,700.03 ↓ -25%
BCBS PREFERRED 3181_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED REGIONAL 20250701 $2,921.57 ↓ -19%
AETNA 3161_RPTN AETNA 20250701 $3,108.47 ↓ -13%
CIGNA SUREFIT 2834_MTTN CIGNA SUREFIT 20241001 $3,324.72 ↓ -7%
AETNA (RUTHERFORD ONLY) 3160_MTTN AETNA 20250701 $3,339.83 ↓ -7%
AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 3023_MTTN AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241015 $3,339.83 ↓ -7%
AETNA VHAN 3022_MTTN AETNA VHAN 20241015 $3,339.83 ↓ -7%
AETNA 3159_STTN AETNA 20250701 $3,407.77 ↓ -5%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3187_STTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $3,570.46 ↓ -0%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3192_RHTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $3,570.46 ↓ -0%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3193_CIGNA LOCALPLUS (DEKALB) 20250601 $3,570.46 ↓ -0%
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 3186_MTTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $4,018.57 ↑ +12%
CIGNA HMO 3196_CIGNA HMO (DEKALB) 20250601 $4,148.67 ↑ +16%
CIGNA HMO 3188_MTTN CIGNA HMO 20250601 $4,148.67 ↑ +16%
CIGNA PPO 3199_CIGNA PPO (DEKALB) 20250601 $4,177.58 ↑ +16%

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Radiotherapy dose plan imrt at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $472.00 – $4,177.58
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $472.00 – $4,177.58
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $472.00 – $4,177.58
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $723.69 – $3,772.83
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $1,633.86 – $4,177.58

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