Fda ide #g240020 carry bag 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.

$206.62 with Humana vs $303.73 with NovaNET — 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
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $206.62
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $206.62
Wellpoint MGMCD $206.62
Zing MGMCR $212.82
WellCare MCR $212.82
Evergreen HMO MCR $216.95
United VACCN $216.95
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $216.95
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $216.95
Healthspring MCRPPO $216.95
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $216.95
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $216.95
Devoted Health Plan MCR $216.95
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $216.95
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $216.95
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $216.95
Aetna MGMCRSNP $219.12
Aetna MGMCRPPO $219.12
Aetna MGMCRHMO $219.12
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $227.28
Signature Advantage MCR $229.97
Bright Health MCRNarrow $249.49
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $297.53
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $303.73
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $303.73

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Fda ide #g240020 carry bag at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $196.98 $177.21 – $177.21
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $200.42 – $303.73
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $185.96 – $303.73
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $148.77 – $303.73
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $148.77 – $303.73
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $185.96 – $303.73
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $185.96 – $303.73
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $149.44 – $216.95

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