H pylori (c-13) breath 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

$797.62

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.

$797.62

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.

$30.31 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 $30.31 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $53.55 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $53.55 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $67.36 ↓ -92%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $67.36 ↓ -92%
United CorePayer $67.36 ↓ -92%
United HeritageSelect $67.36 ↓ -92%
Bright Health HIX $67.36 ↓ -92%
Bright Health SmallGroup $67.36 ↓ -92%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $67.36 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCR $69.38 ↓ -91%
Zing MGMCR $69.38 ↓ -91%
Ambetter Select $70.05 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $70.73 ↓ -91%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $70.73 ↓ -91%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $70.73 ↓ -91%
Healthspring MCRPPO $70.73 ↓ -91%
Evergreen HMO MCR $70.73 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $70.73 ↓ -91%
United VACCN $70.73 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $70.73 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $70.73 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $70.73 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $70.73 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $71.44 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $71.44 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $71.44 ↓ -91%
Ambetter CORE $72.75 ↓ -91%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $74.10 ↓ -91%
Signature Advantage MCR $74.97 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $81.34 ↓ -90%
BCBS NetworkP $91.89 ↓ -88%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $97.00 ↓ -88%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $99.02 ↓ -88%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $99.02 ↓ -88%
BCBS TENNCARE $112.04 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $119.96 ↓ -85%
BCBS COVERKIDS $121.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna OAP $136.23 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $146.84 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $151.55 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $151.55 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $151.55 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $194.62 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $199.41 ↓ -75%
Oscar HIX $202.08 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $247.26 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $248.86 ↓ -69%
Humana HumanaChoice $269.44 ↓ -66%
Humana BroadNetwork $269.44 ↓ -66%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $269.44 ↓ -66%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $269.44 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueCare $323.80 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $358.93 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $398.81 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $398.81 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $438.69 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $478.57 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $558.33 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $598.22 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $677.98 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $733.81 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +151%

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