Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml 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

$690.12

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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.

$690.12

Gross charge

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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.

$55.21 with BCBS vs $2,000.00 with BCBS — 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

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 $55.21 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $56.92 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $64.72 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $103.52 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $103.52 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $103.52 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $127.05 ↓ -82%
United HeritageSelect $140.66 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $140.66 ↓ -80%
United CorePayer $140.66 ↓ -80%
Ambetter Select $160.11 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $168.39 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $172.53 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $213.94 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $215.32 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $310.55 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $345.06 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $379.57 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $414.07 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $483.08 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $517.59 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $586.60 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $634.91 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +190%

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $123.36 $46.01 – $227.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $68.52 $37.41 – $135.36
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $50.92 $46.56 – $67.17
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $97.91 $37.41 – $135.36
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $141.47 $19.50 – $172.85
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $123.36 $34.02 – $112.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $123.36 $34.02 – $112.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $123.36 $34.02 – $70.69

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