Aco cmplx chron care without pt visit, 60 min 99487aco at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown

2000 Church St, Nashville, TN · Ascension · · NPI 1629025648

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

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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.

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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.

$138.48 with POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS vs $215.42 with SMART HEALTH — 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
POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS 1327_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS INPATIENT 20251001 $138.48
POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS 1229_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS OUTPATIENT 20250101 $138.48
AMERIGROUP 1217_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT AMERIGROUP OUTPATIENT 20250101 $143.10
AMERICHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 1323_AMERICHOICE MEDICARE INPATIENT 20251001 $144.64
TRICARE 291_TRICARE OP 20160101 $147.72
TRICARE 1319_TRICARE IP 20251001 $147.72
AMERICHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 1219_AMERICHOICE MEDICARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $152.33
TRIWEST VA PCCC 1339_MEDICARE TRIWEST INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 1226_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT 20250101 $153.87
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 1330_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT 1227_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $153.87
HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT 1329_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
UHC MCR REPLACEMENT 1230_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTH CARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $153.87
UHC MCR REPLACEMENT 1324_UHC MEDICARE INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
CENTURION OF TN 1224_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CENTURION OF TN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $153.87
CENTURION OF TN 1332_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CENTURION OF TN INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 1225_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CLOVER OUTPATIENT 20250101 $153.87
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 1331_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CLOVER INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
COVID UNINSURED TEST FUND 1320_COVID UNINSURED TEST FUND INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
NHC ADVANTAGE 1228_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NHC OUTPATIENT 20250101 $153.87
NHC ADVANTAGE 1328_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NHC INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
OPTUM VA 1215_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OPTUM VA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $153.87
OPTUM VA 1338_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OPTUM VA INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
MEDICARE OTHER 1232_MEDICARE OTHER OUTPATIENT 20250101 $153.87
MEDICARE OTHER 1322_MEDICARE OTHER INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
TRIWEST VA PCCC 1216_MEDICARE TRIWEST OUTPATIENT 20250101 $153.87
ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 1220_ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $153.87
ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 1335_ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 $153.87
AETNA MEDADVANTAGE 1231_MEDICARE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $156.95
AETNA MEDADVANTAGE 1326_MEDICARE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 $156.95
AMERIGROUP MCR REPLACEMENT 1334_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIGROUP INPATIENT 20251001 $158.49
AMERIGROUP MCR REPLACEMENT 1221_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIGROUP OUTPATIENT 20250101 $158.49
BCBS BLUCARE PLUS 1222_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUECARE PLUS OUTPATIENT 20250101 $160.02
BCBS BLUCARE PLUS 1333_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUECARE PLUS INPATIENT 20251001 $160.02
WINDSOR MEDICARE 1233_MEDICARE WELLCARE (WINDSOR) OUTPATIENT 20250101 $161.56
BCBS MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1340_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD INPATIENT 20251001 $161.56
BCBS MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1223_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OUTPATIENT 20250101 $161.56
WINDSOR MEDICARE 1325_MEDICARE WELLCARE (WINDSOR) INPATIENT 20251001 $161.56
AMBETTER OF TN 1337_AMBETTER OF TN INPATIENT 20251001 $200.03
AMBETTER OF TN 1212_AMBETTER OF TN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $200.03
SMART HEALTH 1214_BHTN ASCENSION SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $215.42
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 1213_BHTN OSCAR HEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $215.42
SMART HEALTH 1321_BHTN ASCENSION SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $215.42

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Aco cmplx chron care without pt visit, 60 min 99487aco at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $136.49 – $212.32
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $136.49 – $212.32
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $136.49 – $212.32
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $138.48 – $215.42

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