Blood typing abo 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

$584.96

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.

$584.96

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.

$1.35 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 $1.35 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $2.37 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $2.37 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.99 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $2.99 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $2.99 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $2.99 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $2.99 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $2.99 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $2.99 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $3.08 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $3.08 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $3.11 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $3.14 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $3.14 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $3.14 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $3.14 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $3.14 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $3.14 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $3.14 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $3.14 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $3.14 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $3.14 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $3.14 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $3.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $3.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $3.17 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $3.23 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $3.29 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $3.33 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $3.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $4.07 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4.31 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4.40 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $4.40 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $5.19 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $5.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS TENNCARE $7.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $8.18 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $8.97 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $11.96 ↓ -98%
Humana BroadNetwork $11.96 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoice $11.96 ↓ -98%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $11.96 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $21.88 ↓ -96%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $107.69 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $111.14 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $111.14 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $111.14 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $142.73 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $146.24 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $181.34 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $182.51 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $263.23 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $292.48 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $292.48 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $321.73 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $350.98 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $409.47 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $438.72 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $497.22 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $538.16 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +242%

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