C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout 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.

$148.28 with Wellpoint vs $1,318.04 with Humana — 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 $148.28
Aetna NewBusiness $261.96
Aetna COMM $261.96
BCBS TENNCARE $267.71
BCBS COVERKIDS $289.13
United CorePayer $329.51
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $329.51
BCBS NetworkP $329.51
Bright Health SmallGroup $329.51
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $329.51
United AllPayerAppendix $329.51
United HeritageSelect $329.51
Bright Health HIX $329.51
WellCare MCR $339.40
Zing MGMCR $339.40
Ambetter Select $342.69
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $345.99
United VACCN $345.99
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $345.99
Devoted Health Plan MCR $345.99
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $345.99
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $345.99
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $345.99
Evergreen HMO MCR $345.99
Healthspring MCRPPO $345.99
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $345.99
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $345.99
Aetna MGMCRPPO $349.45
Aetna MGMCRHMO $349.45
Aetna MGMCRSNP $349.45
Ambetter CORE $355.87
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $362.46
Signature Advantage MCR $366.74
Bright Health MCRNarrow $397.88
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $474.49
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $484.38
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $484.38
Cigna NewBusiness $587.71
Cigna OAP $667.45
BCBS BlueCare $773.68
Oscar HIX $988.53
Humana HumanaChoice $1,318.04
Humana BroadNetwork $1,318.04
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $1,318.04
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $1,318.04

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C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $422.85 $164.76 – $718.33
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $422.85 $118.62 – $718.33
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $422.85 $164.76 – $790.82
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $422.85 $164.76 – $718.33
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $422.85 $164.76 – $790.82
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $233.73 $267.71 – $659.02
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $422.85 $159.97 – $790.82
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $422.85 $164.76 – $718.33

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →