Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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

$1,335.56

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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.

$1,335.56

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.

$43.83 with BCBS 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
BCBS TENNCARE $43.83 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $47.34 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $126.67 ↓ -91%
Bright Health HIX $227.05 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $244.41 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $245.88 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $253.76 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $253.76 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $253.76 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $297.83 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $307.18 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $309.85 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $320.53 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $325.88 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $333.89 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $336.56 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $373.96 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $381.97 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup MGMCR $414.02 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $416.69 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMM $440.73 ↓ -67%
United AllPayerAppendix $575.87 ↓ -57%
United HeritageSelect $575.87 ↓ -57%
United CorePayer $575.87 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $601.00 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $667.78 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $667.78 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $734.56 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $801.34 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $934.89 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,001.67 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,135.23 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,228.72 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +50%

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $148.43 $43.83 – $282.49
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $225.56 $65.23 – $533.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $184.00 $43.83 – $384.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $322.33 $65.23 – $533.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $79.95 $50.31 – $432.69
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $148.43 $36.35 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $201.53 $36.35 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $209.42 $36.35 – $278.42

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