Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY

313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$84.04 with BCBS vs $3,365.20 with United — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS NetworkP $84.04
Cigna NewBusiness $202.88
Aetna COMM $225.37
Aetna NewBusiness $225.37
Cigna OAP $230.44
Humana HumanaChoice $240.24
Humana BroadNetwork $240.24
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $240.24
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $240.24
BCBS TENNCARE $342.19
BCBS COVERKIDS $371.95
BCBS BlueCare $989.39
United HeritageSelect $3,365.20
United CorePayer $3,365.20
United AllPayerAppendix $3,365.20

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Abd aorta w/runoff s&i at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $916.14 $101.20 – $4,434.05
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,835.50 $144.98 – $4,340.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1,810.79 $134.64 – $5,748.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,623.03 $144.98 – $4,340.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $1,357.80 $121.02 – $6,423.11
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,015.11 $101.20 – $4,434.05
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $1,357.80 $121.02 – $6,423.11
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $1,357.80 $121.02 – $7,188.84

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →