Tgsap so/hl 51/< rna alys 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.
$2,627.64 with UHC vs $6,160.36 with BCBS PREFERRED — 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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| UHC | 3171_MTTN UHC 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC | 3172_RPTN UHC 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC | 3173_RHTN UHC 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC | 3174_SDTN UHC 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC | 3175_THTN UHC 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC | 3176_UHC (STTN) 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3165_MTTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3166_UHC STTN EXCHANGE 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3167_RPTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3168_RHTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3169_SDTN UHC COMPASS 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3170_THTN UHC COMPASS 20250715 | $2,627.64 | — |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2772_MTTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 | $4,087.44 | — |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2780_RHTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 | $4,087.44 | — |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2784_SDTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 | $4,087.44 | — |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2769_STTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 | $4,087.44 | — |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2779_RPTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 | $4,087.44 | — |
| AETNA (RUTHERFORD ONLY) | 3160_MTTN AETNA 20250701 | $4,138.53 | — |
| AETNA | 3159_STTN AETNA 20250701 | $4,138.53 | — |
| BCBS ACA EXCHANGE | 3147_STTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 | $4,379.40 | — |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 3148_HKTN CIGNA CONNECT 20250101 | $4,496.18 | — |
| BCBS ACA EXCHANGE | 3146_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 | $5,109.30 | — |
| BCBS NETWORK E | 3149_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E REGIONAL 20250401 | $5,226.08 | — |
| BCBS NETWORK L | 3150_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L REGIONAL 20250401 | $5,693.22 | — |
| BCBS SELECT | 3182_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT REGIONAL 20250701 | $5,693.22 | — |
| BCBS PREFERRED | 3181_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED REGIONAL 20250701 | $6,160.36 | — |
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Tgsap so/hl 51/< rna alys at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $2,627.64 – $6,160.36 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $2,627.64 – $6,160.36 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | not published | $2,627.64 – $5,985.18 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $2,627.64 – $5,138.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $2,627.64 – $6,160.36 |