Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
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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.
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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.
$137.92 with BCBS vs $398.59 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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| BCBS | TENNCARE | $137.92 | — |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $148.95 | — |
| Sarah Cannon Research | COMM | $184.71 | — |
| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $184.71 | — |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $184.71 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $190.25 | — |
| Zing | MGMCR | $190.25 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $193.95 | — |
| United | VACCN | $193.95 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $193.95 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $193.95 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $193.95 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $193.95 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $193.95 | — |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $193.95 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRPPO | $193.95 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRHMONonTMN | $193.95 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRHMOTMN | $193.95 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $195.88 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $195.88 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $195.88 | — |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $203.18 | — |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $205.58 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $223.04 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $265.98 | — |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $271.52 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $271.52 | — |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $385.90 | — |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $398.59 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $185.87 | $56.30 – $378.47 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $167.10 | $44.00 – $402.67 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $185.87 | $33.70 – $378.47 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $185.87 | $137.92 – $378.47 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $167.10 | $37.00 – $402.67 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $167.10 | $57.00 – $443.30 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $167.10 | $46.00 – $402.67 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $167.10 | $61.00 – $443.30 |