Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$1,010.65

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.

$1,010.65

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.

$4.37 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 $4.37 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.72 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $7.72 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.71 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.71 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $9.71 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $9.71 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $9.71 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.71 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.71 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $10.00 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $10.00 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $10.10 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $10.20 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $10.20 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $10.20 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $10.20 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.20 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.20 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $10.20 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.20 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.20 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.20 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.20 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.30 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.30 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $10.30 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $10.48 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.68 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $10.81 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.72 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $13.24 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13.98 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.27 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $14.27 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $17.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $18.59 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $19.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $20.08 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $29.13 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $38.84 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $38.84 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $38.84 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $38.84 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $53.73 ↓ -95%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $186.06 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $192.02 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $192.02 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $192.02 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $246.60 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $252.66 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $313.30 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $315.32 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $454.79 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $505.32 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $505.32 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $555.86 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $606.39 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $707.46 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $757.99 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $859.05 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $929.80 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +98%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $84.02 $3.50 – $37.24
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $24.57 $8.62 – $58.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $37.95 $8.45 – $19.42
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $35.11 $8.62 – $58.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $16.95 $4.86 – $21.17
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $41.96 $6.81 – $37.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $41.96 $6.81 – $37.24
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $41.99 $6.81 – $37.24

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