Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative 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

$829.39

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.

$829.39

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.

$2.60 with Wellpoint 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
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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 $2.60 ↓ -100%
BCBS NetworkP $3.20 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $4.60 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $4.60 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.78 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.78 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.78 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $5.78 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $5.78 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $5.78 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $5.78 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $5.95 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $5.95 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $6.01 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.07 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $6.07 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $6.07 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $6.07 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $6.07 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.07 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.07 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.07 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.07 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.13 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.13 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.13 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $6.24 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $6.36 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $6.43 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.98 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.32 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.50 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $8.50 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $10.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $11.80 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $17.34 ↓ -98%
Humana BroadNetwork $23.12 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $23.12 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $23.12 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $23.12 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $36.68 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $39.61 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $106.01 ↓ -87%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $152.69 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $157.58 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $157.58 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $157.58 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $202.37 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $207.35 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $257.11 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $258.77 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $373.23 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $414.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $414.69 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $456.16 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $497.63 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $580.57 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $622.04 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $704.98 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $763.04 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +141%

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Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $71.75 $2.08 – $36.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $10.66 $5.14 – $25.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $43.01 $5.02 – $11.56
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $15.23 $5.14 – $25.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.75 $2.89 – $12.60
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $71.75 $4.06 – $48.82
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $71.75 $4.06 – $55.02
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $71.75 $4.06 – $69.69

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