Blood typing rbc ag non abo/rh ea 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.

$1.72 with Wellpoint vs $21.88 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 $1.72
Aetna NewBusiness $3.04
Aetna COMM $3.04
Bright Health SmallGroup $3.83
Bright Health HIX $3.83
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $3.83
United AllPayerAppendix $3.83
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $3.83
United HeritageSelect $3.83
United CorePayer $3.83
WellCare MCR $3.94
Zing MGMCR $3.94
Ambetter Select $3.98
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.02
United VACCN $4.02
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.02
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.02
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.02
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.02
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.02
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.02
Healthspring MCRPPO $4.02
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $4.02
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $4.02
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.06
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.06
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.06
BCBS NetworkP $4.07
Ambetter CORE $4.13
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.21
Signature Advantage MCR $4.26
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.62
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $5.52
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.63
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $5.63
Cigna NewBusiness $6.93
BCBS TENNCARE $7.57
Cigna OAP $7.86
BCBS COVERKIDS $8.18
Oscar HIX $11.49
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $15.32
Humana BroadNetwork $15.32
Humana HumanaChoice $15.32
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $15.32
BCBS BlueCare $21.88

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