Calcium total 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.

$2.32 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 $2.32
Aetna NewBusiness $4.10
Aetna COMM $4.10
United AllPayerAppendix $5.16
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.16
United CorePayer $5.16
United HeritageSelect $5.16
Bright Health HIX $5.16
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.16
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $5.16
WellCare MCR $5.31
Zing MGMCR $5.31
Ambetter Select $5.37
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.42
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $5.42
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $5.42
Healthspring MCRPPO $5.42
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.42
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.42
United VACCN $5.42
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.42
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.42
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.42
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.42
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.47
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.47
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.47
Ambetter CORE $5.57
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.68
Signature Advantage MCR $5.74
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.23
BCBS NetworkP $7.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.43
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7.59
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.59
Cigna NewBusiness $9.23
BCBS TENNCARE $9.52
BCBS COVERKIDS $10.28
Cigna OAP $10.49
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $13.81
Apex Health MCR $14.25
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $14.25
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $14.25
Oscar HIX $15.48
United OptionsPPO $18.30
Humana TRICARE $18.75
Humana HumanaChoice $20.64
Humana BroadNetwork $20.64
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $20.64
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $20.64
Amerigroup MGMCR $23.25
Cigna PPO $23.40
BCBS BlueCare $27.51
United GlobalBenefitPlan $33.75
Aetna NAP $37.50
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $37.50
Multiplan COMM $41.25
Southern Health Partners Prison $45.00
Employers Health Network COMM $52.50
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $56.25
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $63.75
Beech Street COMM $69.00
BCBS MCR $2,000.00

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Calcium total at other Tennessee hospitals

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $32.96 $1.86 – $20.32
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $72.23 $4.59 – $170.80
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CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $103.22 $4.59 – $170.80
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Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $32.96 $3.61 – $20.32
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $32.96 $3.61 – $20.32
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $32.96 $3.61 – $20.32

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