Calcitonin stimul panel 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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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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Gross charge

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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.

$36.17 with Wellpoint vs $321.48 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

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

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 $36.17
Aetna NewBusiness $63.90
Aetna COMM $63.90
BCBS TENNCARE $69.21
BCBS NetworkP $71.20
BCBS COVERKIDS $74.75
United CorePayer $80.37
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $80.37
Bright Health SmallGroup $80.37
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $80.37
United AllPayerAppendix $80.37
United HeritageSelect $80.37
Bright Health HIX $80.37
WellCare MCR $82.78
Zing MGMCR $82.78
Ambetter Select $83.58
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $84.39
United VACCN $84.39
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $84.39
Devoted Health Plan MCR $84.39
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $84.39
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $84.39
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $84.39
Evergreen HMO MCR $84.39
Healthspring MCRPPO $84.39
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $84.39
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $84.39
Aetna MGMCRPPO $85.23
Aetna MGMCRHMO $85.23
Aetna MGMCRSNP $85.23
Ambetter CORE $86.80
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $88.41
Signature Advantage MCR $89.45
Bright Health MCRNarrow $97.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $115.73
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $118.14
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $118.14
Cigna NewBusiness $143.04
Cigna OAP $162.45
BCBS BlueCare $200.02
Oscar HIX $241.11
Humana HumanaChoice $321.48
Humana BroadNetwork $321.48
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $321.48
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $321.48

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Calcitonin stimul panel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $28.93 – $165.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $56.33 – $151.66
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $56.33 – $151.66
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $56.33 – $151.66
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $69.21 – $165.67
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $70.75 – $151.66
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $36.17 – $241.11
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $36.17 – $241.11

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →