Leadership Attestation
To the best of its knowledge and belief, this hospital has included all applicable standard charge information in accordance with the requirements of 45 CFR 180.50, and the information encoded is true, accurate, and complete as of the date in the file. This hospital has included all payer-specific negotiated charges in dollars that can be expressed as a dollar amount. For payer-specific negotiated charges that cannot be expressed as a dollar amount in the machine-readable file or not knowable in advance, the hospital attests that the payer-specific negotiated charge is based on a contractual algorithm, percentage or formula that precludes the provision of a dollar amount and has provided all necessary information available to the hospital for the public to be able to derive the dollar amount, including, but not limited to, the specific fee schedule or components referenced in such percentage, algorithm or formula.
Hospital Price Transparency
In accordance with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Vanderbilt Health has provided links below to machine-readable files of the standard charge data for our hospitals and employed physicians. For a consumer-friendly list of standard charges you can use our online tool to create an estimate of your personal out-of-pocket costs for many shoppable services.
Standard Charge Data
The standard charge data inside of the machine-readable files incorporates information required to comply with Section 180.50 of the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 180) for individuals seeking hospital items and services. Definitions of information included in the machine-readable files are as follows:
- Gross Charge: The list of all individual items and services maintained by a hospital for which the hospital has established a charge, absent any discounts.
- Discounted Cash Price: The charge that applies to an individual who pays cash or cash equivalent for a hospital item or service.
- Payer-Specific Negotiated Charge: The charge that a hospital has negotiated with a third party for an item or service.
- De-Identified Minimum Negotiated Charge: The lowest charge that a hospital has negotiated with all third party payers for an item or service.
- De-Identified Maximum Negotiated Charge: The highest charge that a hospital has negotiated with all third party payers for an item or service.
By viewing or downloading the machine-readable files, you acknowledge it is provided to meet federal Hospital Price Transparency requirements, as required by Section 2718(e) of the Public Health Service Act and the Hospital Price Transparency Rule, and does not represent a guaranteed price. It is not a substitute for a personalized estimate. Actual charges may vary based on the services provided, supplies, medications, tests, and other clinical factors. If you have insurance, your out-of-pocket costs will depend on your specific plan benefits, including deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket maximums. Vanderbilt Health offers personalized estimates online or upon request.
Vanderbilt Health has published the machine-readable data file to comply with Section 2718(e) of the Public Health Service Act and Section 180.50 of the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 C.F.R. §180.50). The published charges and prices constitute confidential, proprietary information of Vanderbilt Health and the third-party payers with which it contracts.
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