Ihc/icc per specimen each additional single antibody stain 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

$557.49

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.

$557.49

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.

$33.28 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 $33.28 ↓ -94%
BCBS COVERKIDS $35.94 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $40.96 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $65.25 ↓ -88%
United HeritageSelect $65.25 ↓ -88%
United CorePayer $65.25 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $68.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna NewBusiness $68.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $83.62 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $83.62 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $83.62 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $94.77 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueCare $96.18 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $102.02 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $102.63 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $105.92 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $105.92 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $105.92 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $107.84 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $107.84 ↓ -81%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $107.84 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $107.84 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $119.38 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $124.32 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $129.34 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $133.80 ↓ -76%
Cigna OAP $135.58 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $136.03 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $139.37 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $172.82 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $173.94 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $250.87 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $278.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $278.75 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $306.62 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $334.49 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $390.24 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $418.12 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $473.87 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $512.89 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +259%

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Ihc/icc per specimen each additional single antibody stain at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $79.29 $33.28 – $203.16
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $130.24 $29.88 – $308.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $32.20 $33.28 – $67.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $186.12 $29.88 – $308.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $60.45 $38.60 – $137.86
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $79.29 $22.51 – $203.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $79.29 $22.51 – $203.16
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $79.29 $22.51 – $203.16

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