Hiv-2 quant&revrse trnscripj 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.

$26.38 with Wellpoint vs $234.48 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 $26.38
Aetna NewBusiness $46.61
Aetna COMM $46.61
BCBS NetworkP $58.44
Bright Health HIX $58.62
United AllPayerAppendix $58.62
United CorePayer $58.62
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $58.62
Bright Health SmallGroup $58.62
United HeritageSelect $58.62
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $58.62
WellCare MCR $60.38
Zing MGMCR $60.38
Ambetter Select $60.96
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $61.55
United VACCN $61.55
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $61.55
Devoted Health Plan MCR $61.55
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $61.55
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $61.55
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $61.55
Evergreen HMO MCR $61.55
Healthspring MCRPPO $61.55
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $61.55
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $61.55
Aetna MGMCRHMO $62.17
Aetna MGMCRPPO $62.17
Aetna MGMCRSNP $62.17
Ambetter CORE $63.31
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $64.48
Signature Advantage MCR $65.24
Bright Health MCRNarrow $70.78
BCBS TENNCARE $75.70
BCBS COVERKIDS $81.76
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $84.41
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $86.17
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $86.17
Cigna NewBusiness $104.40
Cigna OAP $118.56
Oscar HIX $175.86
BCBS BlueCare $218.77
Humana HumanaChoice $234.48
Humana BroadNetwork $234.48
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $234.48
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $234.48

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Hiv-2 quant&revrse trnscripj at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $21.10 – $183.99
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $30.04 – $183.99
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $30.04 – $183.99
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $30.04 – $183.99
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $52.76 – $183.99
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $52.76 – $183.99
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $26.38 – $175.86
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $26.38 – $175.86

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