Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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.

$24.62 with Cigna 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
Cigna NewBusiness $24.62
BCBS NetworkP $25.16
Cigna OAP $27.99
Aetna MGMCRHMO $31.44
Aetna MGMCRSNP $31.44
Aetna MGMCRPPO $31.44
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $38.59
Ambetter Select $48.63
United OptionsPPO $51.14
Humana TRICARE $52.40
United HeritageSelect $58.46
United AllPayerAppendix $58.46
United CorePayer $58.46
Amerigroup MGMCR $64.98
Cigna PPO $65.40
United GlobalBenefitPlan $94.32
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $104.81
Multiplan COMM $115.29
Southern Health Partners Prison $125.77
Employers Health Network COMM $146.73
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $157.21
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $178.17
Beech Street COMM $192.84
BCBS MCR $2,000.00

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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $46.05 $6.44 – $43.25
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $58.71 $9.58 – $77.89
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $24.18 $6.44 – $26.05
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $83.89 $9.58 – $77.89
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $197.56 $3.08 – $37.51
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $46.05 $6.44 – $43.25
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $46.05 $6.44 – $43.25
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $46.05 $6.44 – $43.25

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