Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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

$272.62

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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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$272.62

Gross charge

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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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$36.56 with BCBS 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
BCBS TENNCARE $36.56 ↓ -87%
BCBS COVERKIDS $39.48 ↓ -86%
Bright Health HIX $46.35 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMM $49.27 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $49.27 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $49.89 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $50.19 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $51.80 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $51.80 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $51.80 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $60.79 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $63.25 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $65.43 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $66.52 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $68.16 ↓ -75%
BCBS NetworkP $78.68 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup MGMCR $84.51 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $85.06 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueCare $105.66 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $122.68 ↓ -55%
Cigna NewBusiness $134.29 ↓ -51%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $136.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $136.31 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $149.94 ↓ -45%
Cigna OAP $152.50 ↓ -44%
Southern Health Partners Prison $163.57 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $190.83 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $204.47 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $231.73 ↓ -15%
Humana BroadNetwork $245.84 ↓ -10%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $245.84 ↓ -10%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $245.84 ↓ -10%
Humana HumanaChoice $245.84 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $250.81 ↓ -8%
United CorePayer $291.26 ↑ +7%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↑ +7%
United HeritageSelect $291.26 ↑ +7%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +634%

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Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $298.04 $21.09 – $482.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $336.26 $46.10 – $795.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $115.23 $36.56 – $656.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $480.53 $46.10 – $795.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.10 $15.37 – $729.17
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $298.04 $8.45 – $475.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $298.04 $8.45 – $475.36
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $298.04 $8.45 – $475.36

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