Ep & ablate ventric tachy at Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb
520 W Main St, Smithville, TN · Ascension · · NPI 1649659582
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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.
$51.20 with CIGNA LOCALPLUS vs $14,399.00 with UHC — 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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| CIGNA LOCALPLUS | 3187_STTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 | $51.20 | — |
| BCBS BLUE CARE (REGIONALS ONLY) | 2428_BCBS BLUE CARE (DEKALB) 20221001 | $925.97 | — |
| BCBS TENNCARE SELECT | 2424_BCBS TENNCARE SELECT (DEKALB) 20221001 | $1,232.47 | — |
| COMMUNITY PLAN | 2495_SDTN MEDICAID REPLACEMENT UNITED HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY PLAN 20191001 | $7,181.12 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3166_UHC STTN EXCHANGE 20250715 | $9,720.00 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3165_MTTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 | $9,906.00 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3170_THTN UHC COMPASS 20250715 | $10,278.00 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3167_RPTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 | $10,278.00 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3168_RHTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 | $10,278.00 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3169_SDTN UHC COMPASS 20250715 | $10,278.00 | — |
| AETNA | 3161_RPTN AETNA 20250701 | $10,999.00 | — |
| BCBS MISSIONPOINT | 2422_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT REGIONAL 20221001 | $11,139.00 | — |
| UHC | 3171_MTTN UHC 20250715 | $12,715.00 | — |
| UHC | 3176_UHC (STTN) 20250715 | $12,715.00 | — |
| BCBS ACA EXCHANGE | 3147_STTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 | $14,250.00 | — |
| UHC | 3172_RPTN UHC 20250715 | $14,394.00 | — |
| UHC | 3173_RHTN UHC 20250715 | $14,399.00 | — |
| UHC | 3175_THTN UHC 20250715 | $14,399.00 | — |
| UHC | 3174_SDTN UHC 20250715 | $14,399.00 | — |
| CIGNA PPO | 3199_CIGNA PPO (DEKALB) 20250601 | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA SUREFIT | 2825_CIGNA SUREFIT (DEKALB) 20241001 | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA LOCALPLUS | 3193_CIGNA LOCALPLUS (DEKALB) 20250601 | not published by hospital | — |
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Ep & ablate ventric tachy at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $25,231.50 | $51.20 – $63,919.80 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $51.20 – $14,250.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $1,383.49 – $14,250.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $925.97 – $14,250.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $9,720.00 – $14,250.00 |