Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
$130.77
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.
$130.77
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.
$1.44 with Cigna 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 |
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| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1.44 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | OAP | $1.64 | ↓ -99% |
| United | CorePayer | $3.47 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3.47 | ↓ -97% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $3.47 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $19.62 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $19.62 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $19.62 | ↓ -85% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $24.07 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $30.08 | ↓ -77% |
| Ambetter | Select | $30.34 | ↓ -77% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $31.91 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $32.69 | ↓ -75% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $40.54 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | PPO | $40.80 | ↓ -69% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $58.85 | ↓ -55% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $65.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $71.92 | ↓ -45% |
| Southern Health Partners | Prison | $78.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $91.54 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $98.08 | ↓ -25% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $111.15 | ↓ -15% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $120.31 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS | MCR | $2,000.00 | ↑ +1429% |
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Dextrose 5 % and 0.9 % sodium chloride intravenous solution at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $46.35 | $1.34 – $13.42 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $6.22 | $1.07 – $10.51 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $52.90 | $1.14 – $13.42 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $8.89 | $1.07 – $10.51 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $7.26 | $10.15 – $18.92 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $11.13 | $10.15 – $14.85 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $7.26 | $10.15 – $14.85 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $7.26 | $10.15 – $14.85 |