Screen pap by tech w md supv at Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
401 Sewell Dr, Sparta, TN · Ascension · · NPI 1922487966
$27.65
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.
$92.15
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.
$7.42 with COMMUNITY PLAN vs $46.28 with CIGNA HMO — 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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| COMMUNITY PLAN | 2496_THTN MEDICAID REPLACEMENT UNITED HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY PLAN 20191001 | $7.42 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS BLUE CARE (REGIONALS ONLY) | 2429_BCBS BLUE CARE (HIGHLAND) 20221001 | $10.16 | ↓ -63% |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3166_UHC STTN EXCHANGE 20250715 | $13.49 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3165_MTTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 | $13.49 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3170_THTN UHC COMPASS 20250715 | $13.49 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3168_RHTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 | $13.49 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3169_SDTN UHC COMPASS 20250715 | $13.49 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC COMPASS/EXCHANGE | 3167_RPTN UHC EXCHANGE 20250715 | $13.49 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC | 3171_MTTN UHC 20250715 | $13.61 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC | 3172_RPTN UHC 20250715 | $13.61 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC | 3173_RHTN UHC 20250715 | $13.61 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC | 3174_SDTN UHC 20250715 | $13.61 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC | 3175_THTN UHC 20250715 | $13.61 | ↓ -51% |
| UHC | 3176_UHC (STTN) 20250715 | $13.61 | ↓ -51% |
| COMMUNITY PLAN | 1743_MTTN MEDICAID REPLACEMENT UNITED HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY PLAN OUTPATIENT 20210101 | $13.64 | ↓ -51% |
| COMMUNITY PLAN | 1744_STTN MEDICAID REPLACEMENT UNITED HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY PLAN OUTPATIENT 20210101 | $13.64 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS TENNCARE SELECT | 2425_BCBS TENNCARE SELECT (HIGHLAND) 20221001 | $15.24 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA | 3159_STTN AETNA 20250701 | $21.47 | ↓ -22% |
| AETNA (RUTHERFORD ONLY) | 3160_MTTN AETNA 20250701 | $21.47 | ↓ -22% |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2749_THTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240301 | $24.86 | ↓ -10% |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2784_SDTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 | $24.86 | ↓ -10% |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2772_MTTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 | $24.86 | ↓ -10% |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2769_STTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 | $24.86 | ↓ -10% |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2780_RHTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 | $24.86 | ↓ -10% |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 2779_RPTN CIGNA CONNECT 20240701 | $24.86 | ↓ -10% |
| CIGNA CONNECT | 3148_HKTN CIGNA CONNECT 20250101 | $28.01 | ↑ +1% |
| CIGNA PPO | 3199_CIGNA PPO (DEKALB) 20250601 | $31.33 | ↑ +13% |
| CIGNA LOCALPLUS | 3192_RHTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 | $35.64 | ↑ +29% |
| CIGNA LOCALPLUS | 3193_CIGNA LOCALPLUS (DEKALB) 20250601 | $35.64 | ↑ +29% |
| CIGNA LOCALPLUS | 3187_STTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 | $42.16 | ↑ +52% |
| CIGNA HMO | 3196_CIGNA HMO (DEKALB) 20250601 | $46.28 | ↑ +67% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $27.65 | $7.42 – $46.28 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $27.65 | $7.42 – $46.28 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $27.65 | $10.16 – $46.28 |