Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown
2000 Church St, Nashville, TN · Ascension · · NPI 1629025648
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Cash price 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 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.
$346.35 with POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS vs $1,141.72 with BCBS MISSIONPOINT — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS | 1229_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $346.35 | — |
| POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS | 1327_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS INPATIENT 20251001 | $346.35 | — |
| AMERIGROUP | 1217_MEDICAID REPLACEMENT AMERIGROUP OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $357.89 | — |
| AMERICHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT | 1323_AMERICHOICE MEDICARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $361.74 | — |
| TRICARE | 1319_TRICARE IP 20251001 | $369.44 | — |
| TRICARE | 291_TRICARE OP 20160101 | $369.44 | — |
| AMERICHOICE MCR REPLACEMENT | 1219_AMERICHOICE MEDICARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $380.98 | — |
| TRIWEST VA PCCC | 1339_MEDICARE TRIWEST INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT | 1226_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $384.83 | — |
| HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT | 1330_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT | 1227_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $384.83 | — |
| HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT | 1329_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| UHC MCR REPLACEMENT | 1230_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTH CARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $384.83 | — |
| UHC MCR REPLACEMENT | 1324_UHC MEDICARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| CENTURION OF TN | 1224_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CENTURION OF TN OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $384.83 | — |
| CENTURION OF TN | 1332_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CENTURION OF TN INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 1225_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CLOVER OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $384.83 | — |
| CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 1331_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CLOVER INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| COVID UNINSURED TEST FUND | 1320_COVID UNINSURED TEST FUND INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | 1228_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NHC OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $384.83 | — |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | 1328_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NHC INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| OPTUM VA | 1215_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OPTUM VA OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $384.83 | — |
| OPTUM VA | 1338_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OPTUM VA INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| MEDICARE OTHER | 1232_MEDICARE OTHER OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $384.83 | — |
| MEDICARE OTHER | 1322_MEDICARE OTHER INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| TRIWEST VA PCCC | 1216_MEDICARE TRIWEST OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $384.83 | — |
| ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 1220_ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $384.83 | — |
| ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 1335_ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 | $384.83 | — |
| AETNA MEDADVANTAGE | 1326_MEDICARE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 | $392.53 | — |
| AETNA MEDADVANTAGE | 1231_MEDICARE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $392.53 | — |
| AMERIGROUP MCR REPLACEMENT | 1334_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIGROUP INPATIENT 20251001 | $396.37 | — |
| AMERIGROUP MCR REPLACEMENT | 1221_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIGROUP OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $396.37 | — |
| BCBS BLUCARE PLUS | 1333_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUECARE PLUS INPATIENT 20251001 | $400.22 | — |
| BCBS BLUCARE PLUS | 1222_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUECARE PLUS OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $400.22 | — |
| WINDSOR MEDICARE | 1325_MEDICARE WELLCARE (WINDSOR) INPATIENT 20251001 | $404.07 | — |
| BCBS MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1223_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $404.07 | — |
| WINDSOR MEDICARE | 1233_MEDICARE WELLCARE (WINDSOR) OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $404.07 | — |
| BCBS MEDICARE REPLACEMENT | 1340_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD INPATIENT 20251001 | $404.07 | — |
| AMBETTER OF TN | 1337_AMBETTER OF TN INPATIENT 20251001 | $500.28 | — |
| AMBETTER OF TN | 1212_AMBETTER OF TN OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $500.28 | — |
| SMART HEALTH | 1214_BHTN ASCENSION SMARTHEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $538.76 | — |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN | 1213_BHTN OSCAR HEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $538.76 | — |
| SMART HEALTH | 1321_BHTN ASCENSION SMARTHEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $538.76 | — |
| CIGNA LOCALPLUS | 1315_BHTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 | $733.50 | — |
| CIGNA HMO | 1314_BHTN CIGNA HMO 20250601 | $807.00 | — |
| BCBS MISSIONPOINT | 1012_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT 20221001 | $1,141.72 | — |
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Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $347.75 | $140.14 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $347.75 | $140.14 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $347.75 | $140.14 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $347.75 | $346.35 – $1,217.22 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $954.50 – $1,004.50 |