Growth hormone panel 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.

$30.02 with Wellpoint vs $295.04 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 $30.02
Aetna NewBusiness $53.03
Aetna COMM $53.03
Bright Health SmallGroup $66.70
Bright Health HIX $66.70
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $66.70
United AllPayerAppendix $66.70
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $66.70
United HeritageSelect $66.70
United CorePayer $66.70
WellCare MCR $68.70
Zing MGMCR $68.70
Ambetter Select $69.37
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $70.04
United VACCN $70.04
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $70.04
Devoted Health Plan MCR $70.04
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $70.04
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $70.04
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $70.04
Evergreen HMO MCR $70.04
Healthspring MCRPPO $70.04
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $70.04
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $70.04
Aetna MGMCRSNP $70.74
Aetna MGMCRHMO $70.74
Aetna MGMCRPPO $70.74
Ambetter CORE $72.03
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $73.37
Signature Advantage MCR $74.24
Bright Health MCRNarrow $80.54
BCBS NetworkP $91.00
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $96.05
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $98.05
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $98.05
BCBS TENNCARE $102.09
BCBS COVERKIDS $110.26
Cigna NewBusiness $118.80
Cigna OAP $134.92
Oscar HIX $200.10
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $266.80
Humana BroadNetwork $266.80
Humana HumanaChoice $266.80
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $266.80
BCBS BlueCare $295.04

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Growth hormone panel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $24.01 – $258.49
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $46.77 – $258.49
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $46.77 – $258.49
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $46.77 – $258.49
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $60.03 – $258.49
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $60.03 – $258.49
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $30.02 – $200.10
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $30.02 – $200.10

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