Assay of salicylate at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
$74.35
Cash price 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.
$74.35
Gross charge 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.
$8.39 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $8.39 | ↓ -89% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $13.69 | ↓ -82% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $14.13 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $14.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $14.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $14.82 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMM | $14.82 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $15.14 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $16.35 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $18.14 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $18.59 | ↓ -75% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $18.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Bright Health | HIX | $18.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $18.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Sarah Cannon Research | COMM | $18.64 | ↓ -75% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $18.64 | ↓ -75% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $18.64 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $18.64 | ↓ -75% |
| United | CorePayer | $18.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Zing | MGMCR | $19.20 | ↓ -74% |
| WellCare | MCR | $19.20 | ↓ -74% |
| Ambetter | Select | $19.39 | ↓ -74% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| United | VACCN | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthspring | MCRHMOTMN | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthspring | MCRHMONonTMN | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthspring | MCRPPO | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $19.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $19.77 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $19.77 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $19.77 | ↓ -73% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $20.13 | ↓ -73% |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $20.50 | ↓ -72% |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $20.75 | ↓ -72% |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $22.51 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $23.05 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | PPO | $23.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $26.84 | ↓ -64% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $27.40 | ↓ -63% |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $27.40 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $33.45 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $33.46 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NAP | $37.17 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $37.17 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | OAP | $37.99 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $40.89 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $43.75 | ↓ -41% |
| Southern Health Partners | Prison | $44.61 | ↓ -40% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $52.05 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $55.76 | ↓ -25% |
| Oscar | HIX | $55.92 | ↓ -25% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $63.20 | ↓ -15% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $68.40 | ↓ -8% |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $74.56 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $74.56 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $74.56 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $74.56 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | MCR | $2,000.00 | ↑ +2590% |
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Assay of salicylate at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $153.39 | $15.14 – $54.30 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $17.71 | $15.14 – $37.28 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $24.00 | $9.32 – $40.64 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $153.39 | $15.14 – $54.30 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $153.39 | $15.14 – $54.30 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $153.39 | $16.78 – $54.30 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $153.39 | $15.14 – $54.30 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $23.69 | $9.32 – $41.14 |