Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count 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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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.

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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.

$45.18 with COMMUNITY PLAN vs $481.98 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
COMMUNITY PLAN 879_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT UNITED HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY PLAN OUTPATIENT 20210701 $45.18
POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS 1229_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS OUTPATIENT 20250101 $112.94
UHC 1310_UHC (MIDTOWN) 20250715 $112.94
POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS 1327_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS INPATIENT 20251001 $112.94
AMERIGROUP 1217_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT AMERIGROUP OUTPATIENT 20250101 $116.71
AMERICHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 1323_AMERICHOICE MEDICARE INPATIENT 20251001 $117.96
TRICARE 1319_TRICARE IP 20251001 $120.47
TRICARE 291_TRICARE OP 20160101 $120.47
AMERICHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT 1219_AMERICHOICE MEDICARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $124.24
UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE 1309_UHC COMPASS EXCHANGE (MIDTOWN) 20250715 $124.64
UHC MCR REPLACEMENT 1230_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTH CARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $125.49
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 1226_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT 20250101 $125.49
HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT 1330_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT 1227_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $125.49
HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT 1329_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
UHC MCR REPLACEMENT 1324_UHC MEDICARE INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
CENTURION OF TN 1224_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CENTURION OF TN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $125.49
CENTURION OF TN 1332_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CENTURION OF TN INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 1225_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CLOVER OUTPATIENT 20250101 $125.49
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 1331_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CLOVER INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
COVID UNINSURED TEST FUND 1320_COVID UNINSURED TEST FUND INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
NHC ADVANTAGE 1228_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NHC OUTPATIENT 20250101 $125.49
NHC ADVANTAGE 1328_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NHC INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
OPTUM VA 1215_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OPTUM VA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $125.49
OPTUM VA 1338_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OPTUM VA INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
MEDICARE OTHER 1232_MEDICARE OTHER OUTPATIENT 20250101 $125.49
MEDICARE OTHER 1322_MEDICARE OTHER INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
TRIWEST VA PCCC 1216_MEDICARE TRIWEST OUTPATIENT 20250101 $125.49
TRIWEST VA PCCC 1339_MEDICARE TRIWEST INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 1220_ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 $125.49
ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 1335_ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 $125.49
AETNA MEDADVANTAGE 1326_MEDICARE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 $128.00
AETNA MEDADVANTAGE 1231_MEDICARE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250101 $128.00
AMERIGROUP MCR REPLACEMENT 1221_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIGROUP OUTPATIENT 20250101 $129.25
AMERIGROUP MCR REPLACEMENT 1334_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIGROUP INPATIENT 20251001 $129.25
BCBS BLUCARE PLUS 1333_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUECARE PLUS INPATIENT 20251001 $130.51
BCBS BLUCARE PLUS 1222_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUECARE PLUS OUTPATIENT 20250101 $130.51
BCBS MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1340_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD INPATIENT 20251001 $131.76
WINDSOR MEDICARE 1233_MEDICARE WELLCARE (WINDSOR) OUTPATIENT 20250101 $131.76
WINDSOR MEDICARE 1325_MEDICARE WELLCARE (WINDSOR) INPATIENT 20251001 $131.76
BCBS MEDICARE REPLACEMENT 1223_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OUTPATIENT 20250101 $131.76
AMBETTER OF TN 1337_AMBETTER OF TN INPATIENT 20251001 $163.14
AMBETTER OF TN 1212_AMBETTER OF TN OUTPATIENT 20250101 $163.14
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN 1213_BHTN OSCAR HEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $175.69
SMART HEALTH 1321_BHTN ASCENSION SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 $175.69
SMART HEALTH 1214_BHTN ASCENSION SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 $175.69
CIGNA CONNECT 1154_BHTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 $175.69
AETNA VHAN 1203_BHTN AETNA VHAN 20241001 $177.89
AETNA 1308_BHTN AETNA 20250701 $177.89
AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 1204_BHTN AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241001 $177.89
BCBS BLUE CARE 1015_BCBS BLUE CARE TENNCARE SELECT 20221001 $222.38
BCBS NETWORK L 1307_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L 20250401 $255.05
BCBS SELECT 1312_BHTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT 20250701 $255.05
BCBS NETWORK E 1306_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20250401 $255.06
HUMANA +51 CPOS 1186_BHTN HUMANA +51 CPOS 20241001 $258.69
BCBS PREFERRED 1311_BHTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED 20250701 $299.27
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 1012_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT 20221001 $323.08
CIGNA SUREFIT 1185_BHTN CIGNA SUREFIT 20241001 V1 $365.64
CIGNA LOCALPLUS 1315_BHTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 $439.05
CIGNA HMO 1314_BHTN CIGNA HMO 20250601 $481.98

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Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $657.29 $87.39 – $481.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $657.29 $87.39 – $481.98
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $657.29 $87.39 – $481.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $657.29 $112.94 – $481.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $112.94 – $481.98

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