CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb
520 W Main St, Smithville, TN · Ascension · · NPI 1649659582
$618.00
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.
$2,060.00
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.
$71.59 with BCBS ACA EXCHANGE vs $1,071.20 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.
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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| BCBS ACA EXCHANGE | 3147_STTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 | $71.59 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS BLUE CARE (REGIONALS ONLY) | 2428_BCBS BLUE CARE (DEKALB) 20221001 | $89.02 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS ACA EXCHANGE | 3146_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 | $94.64 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS MISSIONPOINT | 2422_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT REGIONAL 20221001 | $105.57 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS NETWORK E | 3149_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E REGIONAL 20250401 | $108.60 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS NETWORK L | 3150_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L REGIONAL 20250401 | $118.31 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS SELECT | 3182_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT REGIONAL 20250701 | $118.31 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS TENNCARE SELECT | 2424_BCBS TENNCARE SELECT (DEKALB) 20221001 | $118.49 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS PREFERRED | 3181_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED REGIONAL 20250701 | $128.01 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA | 3161_RPTN AETNA 20250701 | $535.60 | ↓ -13% |
| AETNA (RUTHERFORD ONLY) | 3160_MTTN AETNA 20250701 | $551.54 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | 3159_STTN AETNA 20250701 | $562.76 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | 3164_THTN AETNA 20250701 | $1,071.20 | ↑ +73% |
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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $618.00 | $71.59 – $551.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $588.56 | $71.59 – $551.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $255.93 | $71.59 – $551.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $71.59 – $562.76 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $71.59 – $562.76 |