Culture afb any source 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

$573.97

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.

$573.97

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.

$4.86 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 $4.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $8.59 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $8.59 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.80 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $10.80 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $10.80 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $10.80 ↓ -98%
Bright Health HIX $10.80 ↓ -98%
Bright Health SmallGroup $10.80 ↓ -98%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $10.80 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $11.12 ↓ -98%
Zing MGMCR $11.12 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $11.23 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $11.34 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $11.34 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $11.34 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPPO $11.34 ↓ -98%
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.34 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.34 ↓ -98%
United VACCN $11.34 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.34 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.34 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.34 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $11.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $11.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $11.45 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CORE $11.67 ↓ -98%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $11.88 ↓ -98%
Signature Advantage MCR $12.02 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $13.04 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $14.74 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $15.55 ↓ -97%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.88 ↓ -97%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $15.88 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $19.02 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $21.10 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP $21.61 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $22.79 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $32.40 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $43.20 ↓ -92%
Humana BroadNetwork $43.20 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoice $43.20 ↓ -92%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $43.20 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueCare $60.98 ↓ -89%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $105.67 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $109.05 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $109.05 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $109.05 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $140.05 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $143.49 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $177.93 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $179.08 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $258.29 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $286.99 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $286.99 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $315.68 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $344.38 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $401.78 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $430.48 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $487.87 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $528.05 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +248%

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