Ftl cgen abnor two proteins 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.

$24.43 with Wellpoint vs $217.20 with Humana — 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 $24.43
Aetna NewBusiness $43.17
Aetna COMM $43.17
BCBS TENNCARE $44.12
BCBS COVERKIDS $47.65
United CorePayer $54.30
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $54.30
BCBS NetworkP $54.30
Bright Health SmallGroup $54.30
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $54.30
United AllPayerAppendix $54.30
United HeritageSelect $54.30
Bright Health HIX $54.30
WellCare MCR $55.93
Zing MGMCR $55.93
Ambetter Select $56.47
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $57.02
United VACCN $57.02
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $57.02
Devoted Health Plan MCR $57.02
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $57.02
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $57.02
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $57.02
Evergreen HMO MCR $57.02
Healthspring MCRPPO $57.02
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $57.02
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $57.02
Aetna MGMCRPPO $57.59
Aetna MGMCRHMO $57.59
Aetna MGMCRSNP $57.59
Ambetter CORE $58.65
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $59.73
Signature Advantage MCR $60.44
Bright Health MCRNarrow $65.57
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $78.19
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $79.82
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $79.82
Cigna NewBusiness $96.89
Cigna OAP $110.04
BCBS BlueCare $127.51
Oscar HIX $162.90
Humana HumanaChoice $217.20
Humana BroadNetwork $217.20
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $217.20
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $217.20

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Ftl cgen abnor two proteins at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $19.55 – $170.45
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $44.12 – $170.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $44.12 – $170.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $48.87 – $170.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $44.12 – $170.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $48.87 – $170.45
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $24.43 – $162.90
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $24.43 – $162.90

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