Glucose blood quantitative 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

$694.80

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.

$694.80

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.

$1.77 with Wellpoint 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $1.77 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.13 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $3.13 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $3.93 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $3.93 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $3.93 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $3.93 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $3.93 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $3.93 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $4.05 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $4.05 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $4.09 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.13 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $4.13 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $4.13 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $4.13 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.13 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.13 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $4.13 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.13 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.13 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.13 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.13 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.17 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $4.25 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.32 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $4.37 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.75 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $5.36 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $5.66 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.78 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $5.78 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $6.93 ↓ -99%
BCBS TENNCARE $7.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $7.86 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $8.35 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $11.79 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $15.72 ↓ -98%
Humana BroadNetwork $15.72 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoice $15.72 ↓ -98%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $15.72 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $22.34 ↓ -97%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $127.91 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $132.01 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $132.01 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $132.01 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $169.53 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $173.70 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $215.39 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $216.78 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $312.66 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $347.40 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $347.40 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $382.14 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $416.88 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $486.36 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $521.10 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $590.58 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $639.22 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +188%

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Glucose blood quantitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $50.82 $1.41 – $14.69
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $10.07 $3.49 – $23.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $51.06 $3.42 – $7.86
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $14.39 $3.49 – $23.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $6.90 $1.97 – $8.57
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $50.82 $2.75 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $50.82 $2.75 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $36.75 $2.75 – $14.69

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