Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant 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.

$29.56 with Wellpoint vs $262.76 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 $29.56
BCBS TENNCARE $40.62
BCBS COVERKIDS $43.87
Aetna COMM $52.23
Aetna NewBusiness $52.23
United CorePayer $65.69
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $65.69
Bright Health SmallGroup $65.69
Bright Health HIX $65.69
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $65.69
United AllPayerAppendix $65.69
United HeritageSelect $65.69
BCBS NetworkP $67.13
WellCare MCR $67.66
Zing MGMCR $67.66
Ambetter Select $68.31
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $68.97
United VACCN $68.97
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $68.97
Devoted Health Plan MCR $68.97
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $68.97
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $68.97
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $68.97
Evergreen HMO MCR $68.97
Healthspring MCRPPO $68.97
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $68.97
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $68.97
Aetna MGMCRPPO $69.66
Aetna MGMCRHMO $69.66
Aetna MGMCRSNP $69.66
Ambetter CORE $70.94
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $72.26
Signature Advantage MCR $73.11
Bright Health MCRNarrow $79.32
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $94.59
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $96.56
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $96.56
Cigna NewBusiness $117.07
BCBS BlueCare $117.39
Cigna OAP $132.96
Oscar HIX $197.07
Humana HumanaChoice $262.76
Humana BroadNetwork $262.76
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $262.76
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $262.76

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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $589.58 $23.65 – $205.42
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $79.63 $40.00 – $188.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $176.18 $40.62 – $131.38
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $113.79 $40.00 – $188.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $86.10 $32.85 – $143.20
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $78.08 $33.23 – $205.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $78.08 $33.23 – $205.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $78.08 $33.23 – $205.42

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