Cytopath tbs c/v redo 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.

$9.03 with BCBS vs $168.88 with Humana — 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
BCBS TENNCARE $9.03
BCBS COVERKIDS $9.75
BCBS NetworkP $14.42
Wellpoint MGMCD $19.00
BCBS BlueCare $26.10
Aetna COMM $33.57
Aetna NewBusiness $33.57
United HeritageSelect $42.22
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $42.22
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $42.22
United AllPayerAppendix $42.22
United CorePayer $42.22
Bright Health SmallGroup $42.22
Bright Health HIX $42.22
WellCare MCR $43.49
Zing MGMCR $43.49
Ambetter Select $43.91
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $44.33
United VACCN $44.33
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $44.33
Devoted Health Plan MCR $44.33
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $44.33
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $44.33
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $44.33
Evergreen HMO MCR $44.33
Healthspring MCRPPO $44.33
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $44.33
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $44.33
Aetna MGMCRSNP $44.77
Aetna MGMCRHMO $44.77
Aetna MGMCRPPO $44.77
Ambetter CORE $45.60
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $46.44
Signature Advantage MCR $46.99
Bright Health MCRNarrow $50.98
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $60.80
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $62.06
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $62.06
Cigna NewBusiness $75.56
Cigna OAP $85.81
Oscar HIX $126.66
Humana BroadNetwork $168.88
Humana HumanaChoice $168.88
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $168.88
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $168.88

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Cytopath tbs c/v redo at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $9.03 – $132.07
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $7.42 – $132.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $7.42 – $132.07
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $7.42 – $132.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $9.03 – $132.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $13.08 – $132.07
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $14.42 – $126.66
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $14.42 – $126.66

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