Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital
ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL in Nashville, Tennessee charges 6.0x the Medicare reimbursement rate across 176 analyzed procedures, reflecting pricing patterns common among nonprofit hospital systems.
Nashville, TN 37205 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 3/5
About the analyst
Michael Glenn reviews CMS datasets and drug pricing at BillRazor Research. He focuses on NADAC acquisition costs and procedure coding accuracy. Expertise: drug pricing, NADAC data, CPT coding.
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Pricing grade
D
High
Avg markup vs Medicare
5.99x
Charge / Medicare rate
Max markup
14.56x
Worst procedure
Procedures analyzed
176
With pricing data
Outlier procedures
0%
Above 90th percentile
Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.
| Procedure | Code | Gross charge | Cash price | Medicare | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIDNEY TRANSPLANT | 652 | $291,831 | $145,915 | — | 14.6x |
| KIDNEY TRANSPLANT WITH HEMODIALYSIS WITH MCC | 650 | $340,219 | $170,109 | — | 10.6x |
| PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 274 | $224,525 | $112,263 | — | 10.5x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 322 | $117,674 | $58,837 | — | 10x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITHOUT INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 251 | $112,802 | $56,401 | — | 10x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC | 247 | $115,261 | $57,631 | — | 9.7x |
| ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 267 | $312,252 | $156,126 | — | 9.2x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITHOUT CC/MCC | 282 | $34,705 | $17,353 | — | 8.9x |
| DISORDERS OF THE BILIARY TRACT WITH CC | 445 | $57,294 | $28,647 | — | 8.9x |
| GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 390 | $22,628 | $11,314 | — | 8.6x |
| COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 455 | $283,037 | $141,519 | — | 8.5x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES/ | 321 | $155,287 | $77,644 | — | 8.5x |
| KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITHOUT CC/MCC | 661 | $52,105 | $26,052 | — | 8.3x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC | 281 | $51,188 | $25,594 | — | 8.1x |
| CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION | 220 | $296,082 | $148,041 | — | 8x |
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH CC | 418 | $80,492 | $40,246 | — | 8x |
| ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 266 | $375,052 | $187,526 | — | 7.9x |
| CORONARY BYPASS WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION OR OPEN ABLATION WITHOUT MCC | 234 | $237,826 | $118,913 | — | 7.9x |
| MAJOR GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS AND PERITONEAL INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 371 | $86,241 | $43,121 | — | 7.9x |
| SEIZURES WITHOUT MCC | 101 | $42,347 | $21,173 | — | 7.8x |
| SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 460 | $192,011 | $96,006 | — | 7.7x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 331 | $74,611 | $37,305 | — | 7.6x |
| MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH CC | 164 | $104,825 | $52,413 | — | 7.6x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES O | 246 | $151,061 | $75,530 | — | 7.6x |
| OTHER CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 229 | $157,745 | $78,873 | — | 7.5x |
| STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL AND DUODENAL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 327 | $95,829 | $47,915 | — | 7.5x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 066 | $30,017 | $15,009 | — | 7.5x |
| CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 236 | $182,790 | $91,395 | — | 7.5x |
| AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC | 269 | $215,506 | $107,753 | — | 7.5x |
| OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH CC | 699 | $54,196 | $27,098 | — | 7.4x |
| COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 454 | $357,383 | $178,691 | — | 7.4x |
| CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 287 | $48,205 | $24,102 | — | 7.3x |
| EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH CC | 982 | $119,768 | $59,884 | — | 7.3x |
| HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 482 | $75,246 | $37,623 | — | 7.3x |
| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC | 069 | $33,898 | $16,949 | — | 7.1x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 065 | $42,751 | $21,376 | — | 7.1x |
| OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITH CC | 908 | $86,549 | $43,274 | — | 7.1x |
| OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC | 271 | $129,697 | $64,849 | — | 7x |
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITHOUT CC/MCC | 419 | $56,876 | $28,438 | — | 7x |
| MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 470 | $81,913 | $40,956 | — | 6.9x |
| OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 254 | $73,516 | $36,758 | — | 6.9x |
| SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH SPINAL CURVATURE, MALIGNANCY, INFECTION OR EXTENSIVE | 457 | $278,642 | $139,321 | — | 6.8x |
| PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH CC | 243 | $102,899 | $51,449 | — | 6.8x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, EXPIRED WITH MCC | 283 | $82,742 | $41,371 | — | 6.8x |
| MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES | 483 | $101,445 | $50,723 | — | 6.8x |
| CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION | 219 | $396,586 | $198,293 | — | 6.8x |
| COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH MCC | 453 | $525,877 | $262,938 | — | 6.7x |
| PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 244 | $79,182 | $39,591 | — | 6.7x |
| CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WIT | 216 | $455,524 | $227,762 | — | 6.7x |
| PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 273 | $168,864 | $84,432 | — | 6.5x |
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Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.
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