External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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.

$64.69 with Wellpoint vs $716.81 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 $64.69
Aetna NewBusiness $114.28
Aetna COMM $114.28
Bright Health SmallGroup $143.75
Bright Health HIX $143.75
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $143.75
United AllPayerAppendix $143.75
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $143.75
United HeritageSelect $143.75
United CorePayer $143.75
WellCare MCR $148.06
Zing MGMCR $148.06
Ambetter Select $149.50
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $150.94
United VACCN $150.94
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $150.94
Devoted Health Plan MCR $150.94
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $150.94
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $150.94
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $150.94
Evergreen HMO MCR $150.94
Healthspring MCRPPO $150.94
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $150.94
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $150.94
Aetna MGMCRSNP $152.45
Aetna MGMCRHMO $152.45
Aetna MGMCRPPO $152.45
Ambetter CORE $155.25
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $158.13
Signature Advantage MCR $159.99
BCBS NetworkP $172.32
Bright Health MCRNarrow $173.58
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $207.00
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $211.31
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $211.31
BCBS TENNCARE $248.03
Cigna NewBusiness $256.07
BCBS COVERKIDS $267.87
Cigna OAP $290.82
Oscar HIX $431.25
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $575.00
Humana BroadNetwork $575.00
Humana HumanaChoice $575.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $575.00
BCBS BlueCare $716.81

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $471.15 $51.75 – $488.77
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $193.29 $111.02 – $457.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $276.22 $111.02 – $457.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $221.10 $71.88 – $313.38
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $471.15 $88.56 – $488.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $471.15 $88.56 – $488.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $471.15 $88.56 – $488.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $471.15 $129.38 – $488.77

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