Fractionation ketosteroids 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.

$12.83 with Wellpoint vs $146.55 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 $12.83
Aetna NewBusiness $22.66
Aetna COMM $22.66
Bright Health SmallGroup $28.50
Bright Health HIX $28.50
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $28.50
United AllPayerAppendix $28.50
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $28.50
United HeritageSelect $28.50
United CorePayer $28.50
WellCare MCR $29.36
Zing MGMCR $29.36
Ambetter Select $29.64
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $29.93
United VACCN $29.93
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $29.93
Devoted Health Plan MCR $29.93
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $29.93
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $29.93
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $29.93
Evergreen HMO MCR $29.93
Healthspring MCRPPO $29.93
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $29.93
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $29.93
Aetna MGMCRSNP $30.22
Aetna MGMCRHMO $30.22
Aetna MGMCRPPO $30.22
Ambetter CORE $30.78
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $31.35
Signature Advantage MCR $31.72
Bright Health MCRNarrow $34.41
BCBS NetworkP $35.88
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $41.04
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $41.89
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $41.89
BCBS TENNCARE $50.71
Cigna NewBusiness $50.74
BCBS COVERKIDS $54.77
Cigna OAP $57.63
Oscar HIX $85.50
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $114.00
Humana BroadNetwork $114.00
Humana HumanaChoice $114.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $114.00
BCBS BlueCare $146.55

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Fractionation ketosteroids at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $10.26 – $101.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $18.44 – $101.58
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $18.44 – $101.58
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $18.44 – $101.58
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $25.65 – $101.58
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $25.65 – $101.58
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $12.83 – $85.50
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $12.83 – $85.50

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