Aff2 gen alys charac alleles 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.

$123.67 with Wellpoint vs $1,099.32 with Humana — 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $123.67
Aetna NewBusiness $218.49
Aetna COMM $218.49
BCBS TENNCARE $223.29
BCBS COVERKIDS $241.15
United CorePayer $274.83
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $274.83
BCBS NetworkP $274.83
Bright Health SmallGroup $274.83
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $274.83
United AllPayerAppendix $274.83
United HeritageSelect $274.83
Bright Health HIX $274.83
WellCare MCR $283.07
Zing MGMCR $283.07
Ambetter Select $285.82
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $288.57
United VACCN $288.57
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $288.57
Devoted Health Plan MCR $288.57
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $288.57
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $288.57
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $288.57
Evergreen HMO MCR $288.57
Healthspring MCRPPO $288.57
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $288.57
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $288.57
Aetna MGMCRPPO $291.46
Aetna MGMCRHMO $291.46
Aetna MGMCRSNP $291.46
Ambetter CORE $296.81
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $302.31
Signature Advantage MCR $305.89
Bright Health MCRNarrow $331.86
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $395.76
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $404.00
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $404.00
Cigna NewBusiness $490.24
Cigna OAP $556.75
BCBS BlueCare $645.31
Oscar HIX $824.49
Humana HumanaChoice $1,099.32
Humana BroadNetwork $1,099.32
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $1,099.32
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $1,099.32

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Aff2 gen alys charac alleles at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $98.94 – $862.19
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $223.29 – $862.19
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $223.29 – $862.19
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $247.35 – $862.19
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $223.29 – $862.19
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $247.35 – $862.19
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $123.67 – $824.49
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $123.67 – $824.49

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