Bckdhb gene 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.

$42.75 with Wellpoint vs $481.33 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 $42.75
Aetna NewBusiness $75.51
Aetna COMM $75.51
Bright Health SmallGroup $94.99
Bright Health HIX $94.99
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $94.99
United AllPayerAppendix $94.99
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $94.99
United HeritageSelect $94.99
United CorePayer $94.99
WellCare MCR $97.84
Zing MGMCR $97.84
Ambetter Select $98.79
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $99.74
United VACCN $99.74
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $99.74
Devoted Health Plan MCR $99.74
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $99.74
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $99.74
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $99.74
Evergreen HMO MCR $99.74
Healthspring MCRPPO $99.74
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $99.74
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $99.74
Aetna MGMCRSNP $100.74
Aetna MGMCRHMO $100.74
Aetna MGMCRPPO $100.74
Ambetter CORE $102.59
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $104.49
Signature Advantage MCR $105.72
Bright Health MCRNarrow $114.70
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $136.79
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $139.64
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $139.64
BCBS TENNCARE $166.55
Cigna NewBusiness $169.57
BCBS COVERKIDS $179.87
Cigna OAP $192.57
BCBS NetworkP $205.00
Oscar HIX $284.97
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $379.96
Humana BroadNetwork $379.96
Humana HumanaChoice $379.96
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $379.96
BCBS BlueCare $481.33

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Bckdhb gene at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $258.06 $47.50 – $209.32
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $263.25 $34.20 – $207.08
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $263.25 $46.32 – $227.98
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $263.25 $44.97 – $227.98
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $263.25 $47.50 – $207.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $34.20 – $364.90
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $85.49 – $436.65
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $85.49 – $436.65

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