Culture typing added method at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
$50.00
Cash price 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.
$50.00
Gross charge 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.
$3.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $3.48 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $5.71 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMM | $6.16 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $6.16 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $6.92 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $7.47 | ↓ -85% |
| United | CorePayer | $7.74 | ↓ -85% |
| Sarah Cannon Research | COMM | $7.74 | ↓ -85% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $7.74 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $7.74 | ↓ -85% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $7.74 | ↓ -85% |
| Bright Health | HIX | $7.74 | ↓ -85% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $7.74 | ↓ -85% |
| Zing | MGMCR | $7.97 | ↓ -84% |
| WellCare | MCR | $7.97 | ↓ -84% |
| Ambetter | Select | $8.05 | ↓ -84% |
| United | VACCN | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Healthspring | MCRHMOTMN | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Healthspring | MCRPPO | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Healthspring | MCRHMONonTMN | $8.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $8.21 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $8.21 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $8.21 | ↓ -84% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $8.36 | ↓ -83% |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $8.51 | ↓ -83% |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $8.61 | ↓ -83% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $9.21 | ↓ -82% |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $9.35 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $9.50 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $9.50 | ↓ -81% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $9.50 | ↓ -81% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $11.15 | ↓ -78% |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $11.38 | ↓ -77% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $11.38 | ↓ -77% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $12.20 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $12.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $13.85 | ↓ -72% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $15.50 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | PPO | $15.60 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | OAP | $15.73 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $20.00 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $22.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Oscar | HIX | $23.22 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NAP | $25.00 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $25.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $27.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Southern Health Partners | Prison | $30.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $30.96 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $30.96 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $30.96 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $30.96 | ↓ -38% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $35.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $37.50 | ↓ -25% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $42.50 | ↓ -15% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $46.00 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS | MCR | $2,000.00 | ↑ +3900% |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $76.37 | $4.65 – $180.60 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $109.14 | $4.65 – $180.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $9.00 | $3.87 – $16.87 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $8.97 | $3.70 – $17.32 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $9.00 | $2.66 – $16.87 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $9.00 | $3.87 – $18.58 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $9.00 | $3.87 – $16.87 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $9.00 | $3.87 – $18.58 |