Transcatheter bx s&i 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.

$77.61 with HUMANA +51 CPOS vs $759.78 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
HUMANA +51 CPOS 1186_BHTN HUMANA +51 CPOS 20241001 $77.61
BCBS BLUE CARE 1015_BCBS BLUE CARE TENNCARE SELECT 20221001 $326.93
BCBS NETWORK E 1306_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20250401 $439.73
BCBS SELECT 1312_BHTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT 20250701 $476.99
BCBS NETWORK L 1307_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L 20250401 $476.99
BCBS MISSIONPOINT 1012_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT 20221001 $506.80
BCBS PREFERRED 1311_BHTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED 20250701 $514.26
AETNA VHAN 1203_BHTN AETNA VHAN 20241001 $759.72
AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 1204_BHTN AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241001 $759.72
AETNA 1308_BHTN AETNA 20250701 $759.78

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Transcatheter bx s&i at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $668.48 $77.61 – $744.63
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $326.93 – $786.29
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $326.93 – $786.29
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $439.73 – $786.29
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $439.73 – $786.29

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