X-ray surgical specimen at Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands
401 Sewell Dr, Sparta, TN · Ascension · · NPI 1922487966
$149.76
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.
$499.20
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.
$11.61 with BCBS ACA EXCHANGE vs $770.53 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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| BCBS ACA EXCHANGE | 3147_STTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 | $11.61 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS BLUE CARE (REGIONALS ONLY) | 2429_BCBS BLUE CARE (HIGHLAND) 20221001 | $11.95 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS ACA EXCHANGE | 3146_MTTN BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E 20241231 | $15.35 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS MISSIONPOINT | 2422_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MISSIONPOINT REGIONAL 20221001 | $17.12 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS NETWORK E | 3149_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK E REGIONAL 20250401 | $17.61 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS TENNCARE SELECT | 2425_BCBS TENNCARE SELECT (HIGHLAND) 20221001 | $17.93 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS SELECT | 3182_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD SELECT REGIONAL 20250701 | $19.19 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS NETWORK L | 3150_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK L REGIONAL 20250401 | $19.19 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA LOCALPLUS | 3193_CIGNA LOCALPLUS (DEKALB) 20250601 | $19.69 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA LOCALPLUS | 3187_STTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 | $19.69 | ↓ -87% |
| CIGNA LOCALPLUS | 3192_RHTN CIGNA LOCALPLUS 20250601 | $19.69 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS PREFERRED | 3181_BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED REGIONAL 20250701 | $20.76 | ↓ -86% |
| CIGNA HMO | 3196_CIGNA HMO (DEKALB) 20250601 | $22.87 | ↓ -85% |
| CIGNA PPO | 3199_CIGNA PPO (DEKALB) 20250601 | $23.03 | ↓ -85% |
| AETNA (RUTHERFORD ONLY) | 3160_MTTN AETNA 20250701 | $52.65 | ↓ -65% |
| AETNA | 3159_STTN AETNA 20250701 | $53.72 | ↓ -64% |
| AETNA | 3161_RPTN AETNA 20250701 | $129.79 | ↓ -13% |
| COMMUNITY PLAN | 2496_THTN MEDICAID REPLACEMENT UNITED HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY PLAN 20191001 | $210.40 | ↑ +40% |
| POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS | 2946_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $465.79 | ↑ +211% |
| POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS | 3224_MTTN RHTN RPTN SDTN STTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POINT COMFORT UNDERWRITERS INPATIENT 20251001 | $465.79 | ↑ +211% |
| COVID UNINSURED TEST FUND | 3202_COVID UNINSURED TEST FUND INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT | 2944_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTHSPRING OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| HEALTHSPRING MCR REPLACEMENT | 3209_THTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HEALTHSPRING INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT | 2945_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| HUMANA MCR REPLACEMENT | 3208_THTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE HUMANA INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| UHC MCR REPLACEMENT | 2951_MTTN STTN RPTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| UHC MCR REPLACEMENT | 3226_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UHC INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| AMERICHOICE MEDICARE | 2954_RHTN, SDTN, THTN AMERICHOICE MEDICARE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| AMERICHOICE MEDICARE | 3206_RHTN, RPTN, SDTN, THTN AMERICHOICE MEDICARE INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| AMERIGROUP MCR REPLACEMENT | 2958_RPTN RHTN THTN SDTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIGROUP OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| AMERIGROUP MCR REPLACEMENT | 3213_RPTN RHTN THTN SDTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AMERIGROUP INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| ASCENSION COMPLETE | 2940_ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| ASCENSION COMPLETE | 3229_ASCENSION COMPLETE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| BCBS BLUECARE PLUS | 2953_RHTN RPTN SDTN THTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUECARE PLUS OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| BCBS BLUECARE PLUS | 3216_RHTN RPTN SDTN THTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUECARE PLUS INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| CENTURION OF TN | 2942_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CENTURION OF TN OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| CENTURION OF TN | 3228_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CENTURION OF TN INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 2943_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CLOVER OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | 3227_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CLOVER INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | 2948_MTTN RHTN RPTN SDTN STTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | 3225_MTTN RHTN RPTN SDTN STTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| OPTUM VA | 2935_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OPTUM VA OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| OPTUM VA | 3205_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OPTUM VA INPATIENT 20251001 | $517.54 | ↑ +246% |
| AETNA MEDADVANTAGE | 3214_RPTN RHTN SDTN THTN MTTN STTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA INPATIENT 20251001 | $527.89 | ↑ +252% |
| AETNA MEDADVANTAGE | 2956_RHTN RPTN SDTN THTN MTTN STTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $527.89 | ↑ +252% |
| BCBS MCR REPLACEMENT | 3240_THTN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD INPATIENT 20251001 | $543.42 | ↑ +263% |
| BCBS MCR REPLACEMENT | 2941_MEDICARE ADVANTAGE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $543.42 | ↑ +263% |
| AMBETTER OF TN | 2933_AMBETTER OF TN OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $672.80 | ↑ +349% |
| AMBETTER OF TN | 3236_AMBETTER OF TN INPATIENT 20251001 | $672.80 | ↑ +349% |
| SMART HEALTH | 2936_MTTN, RPTN, RHTN, SDTN, THTN ASCENSION SMART HEALTH OUTPATIENT 20250101 | $724.56 | ↑ +384% |
| OSCAR HEALTH | 508_OSCAR HEALTH (HIGHLANDS) OP 20180101 | $724.56 | ↑ +384% |
| SMART HEALTH | 3237_MTTN, RPTN, RHTN, SDTN, THTN ASCENSION SMART HEALTH INPATIENT 20251001 | $724.56 | ↑ +384% |
| UHC | 3175_THTN UHC 20250715 | $770.53 | ↑ +415% |
| UHC | 3176_UHC (STTN) 20250715 | $770.53 | ↑ +415% |
| UHC | 3174_SDTN UHC 20250715 | $770.53 | ↑ +415% |
| UHC | 3172_RPTN UHC 20250715 | $770.53 | ↑ +415% |
| UHC | 3173_RHTN UHC 20250715 | $770.53 | ↑ +415% |
| UHC | 3171_MTTN UHC 20250715 | $770.53 | ↑ +415% |
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X-ray surgical specimen at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $149.76 | $11.61 – $770.53 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $142.64 | $11.61 – $770.53 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $142.64 | $11.61 – $770.53 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $11.61 – $770.53 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman | Centerville | not published | $11.61 – $770.53 |