Concentration infection agents any type 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.

$3.01 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 $3.01
Aetna COMM $5.31
Aetna NewBusiness $5.31
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $5.71
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $5.89
Apex Health MCR $5.89
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $5.89
Bright Health HIX $6.68
United CorePayer $6.68
United HeritageSelect $6.68
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.68
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.68
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $6.68
United AllPayerAppendix $6.68
WellCare MCR $6.88
Zing MGMCR $6.88
Ambetter Select $6.95
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.01
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $7.01
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $7.01
Healthspring MCRPPO $7.01
Devoted Health Plan MCR $7.01
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.01
United VACCN $7.01
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.01
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.01
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.01
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.01
Aetna MGMCRSNP $7.08
Aetna MGMCRHMO $7.08
Aetna MGMCRPPO $7.08
Ambetter CORE $7.22
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.35
Signature Advantage MCR $7.43
United OptionsPPO $7.57
Humana TRICARE $7.75
Bright Health MCRNarrow $8.07
BCBS NetworkP $9.11
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.62
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.62
Cigna PPO $9.68
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.82
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $9.82
Cigna NewBusiness $12.12
BCBS TENNCARE $13.08
Cigna OAP $13.76
United GlobalBenefitPlan $13.96
BCBS COVERKIDS $14.13
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $15.51
Aetna NAP $15.51
Multiplan COMM $17.06
Southern Health Partners Prison $18.61
Oscar HIX $20.04
Employers Health Network COMM $21.71
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $23.27
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $26.37
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $26.72
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $26.72
Humana HumanaChoice $26.72
Humana BroadNetwork $26.72
Beech Street COMM $28.54
BCBS BlueCare $37.80
BCBS MCR $2,000.00

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Concentration infection agents any type at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $59.24 $2.40 – $25.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $12.73 $5.94 – $30.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $7.82 $5.81 – $13.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $18.19 $5.94 – $30.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.85 $3.34 – $14.56
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $27.60 $4.68 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $27.60 $4.68 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $29.90 $4.68 – $25.96

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