Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) 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

$655.00

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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$655.00

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.

$2.91 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.

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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 $2.91 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $5.14 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $5.14 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.47 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $6.47 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $6.47 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $6.47 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.47 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $6.47 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $6.66 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $6.66 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $6.73 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.79 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $6.79 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $6.79 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $6.79 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.79 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $6.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.79 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.79 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.86 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $6.99 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.12 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $7.20 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $8.83 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.32 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.51 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $9.51 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $11.54 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $12.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $13.11 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $13.73 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $19.41 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $25.88 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $25.88 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $25.88 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $25.88 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $36.73 ↓ -94%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $120.59 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $124.45 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $124.45 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $124.45 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $159.82 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $163.75 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $203.05 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $204.36 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $294.75 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $327.50 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $327.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $360.25 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $393.00 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $458.50 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $491.25 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $556.75 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $602.60 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +205%

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Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $52.43 $2.33 – $24.85
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $84.96 $5.75 – $200.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $33.81 $5.63 – $12.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $121.41 $5.75 – $200.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.40 $3.24 – $14.10
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $52.43 $4.54 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $52.43 $4.54 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $52.43 $4.54 – $24.85

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