Chloramphenicol sodium injec 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

$895.35

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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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$895.35

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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$58.38 with BCBS vs $2,000.00 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

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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
BCBS NetworkP $58.38 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $61.53 ↓ -93%
Cigna OAP $69.96 ↓ -92%
United HeritageSelect $133.19 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $133.19 ↓ -85%
United CorePayer $133.19 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $134.30 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $134.30 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $134.30 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $164.83 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Select $207.72 ↓ -77%
United OptionsPPO $218.47 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $223.84 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $277.56 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $279.35 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $402.91 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $447.68 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $492.44 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $537.21 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $626.75 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $671.51 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $761.05 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $823.72 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +123%

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Chloramphenicol sodium injec at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $62.13 $8.49 – $60.04
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $56.73 $8.49 – $48.46
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $54.03 $48.46 – $60.04
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON $87.57 $58.38 – $133.19
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $58.38 – $133.19
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD not published $58.38 – $133.19
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $58.38 – $133.19
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $58.38 – $133.19

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