Albuterol non-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

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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.

$0.06 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 $0.06
Cigna OAP $0.07
United CorePayer $0.19
United AllPayerAppendix $0.19
United HeritageSelect $0.19
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.90
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.90
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.90
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $6.02
BCBS NetworkP $7.52
Ambetter Select $7.58
United OptionsPPO $7.98
Humana TRICARE $8.17
Amerigroup MGMCR $10.13
Cigna PPO $10.20
United GlobalBenefitPlan $14.71
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $16.34
Multiplan COMM $17.98
Southern Health Partners Prison $19.61
Employers Health Network COMM $22.88
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $24.52
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $27.79
Beech Street COMM $30.07
BCBS MCR $2,000.00

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Albuterol non-comp unit at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE $17.76 $0.06 – $0.19
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD $6.24 $0.06 – $0.19
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $2.04 $0.06 – $0.19
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna $39.84 $0.06 – $0.19
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $0.06 – $0.19
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $0.06 – $0.19
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $0.06 – $0.19
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $0.07 – $0.09

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →