Albuterol comp unit 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

$326.90

Cash price

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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.

$326.90

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.

$0.63 with Cigna 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
Cigna NewBusiness $0.63 ↓ -100%
Cigna OAP $0.72 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $49.03 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $49.03 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $49.03 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $60.18 ↓ -82%
BCBS NetworkP $75.19 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $75.84 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $79.76 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $81.72 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $101.34 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $101.99 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $147.10 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $163.45 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $179.79 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $196.14 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $228.83 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $245.18 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $277.86 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $300.75 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +512%

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Albuterol comp unit at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $0.63 – $0.63
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $0.63 – $0.63
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD not published $0.63 – $0.63
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $0.63 – $0.63
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $0.63 – $0.63
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $0.63 – $0.63
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $0.63 – $0.63
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $0.58 – $0.58

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