Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
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Cash price 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 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.
$16.77 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $16.77 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $29.63 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $29.63 | — |
| Bright Health | HIX | $37.27 | — |
| Sarah Cannon Research | COMM | $37.27 | — |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $37.27 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $37.27 | — |
| United | CorePayer | $37.27 | — |
| United | HeritageSelect | $37.27 | — |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $37.27 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $38.39 | — |
| Zing | MGMCR | $38.39 | — |
| Ambetter | Select | $38.76 | — |
| United | VACCN | $39.13 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $39.13 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRHMOTMN | $39.13 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $39.13 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $39.13 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $39.13 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $39.13 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $39.13 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRPPO | $39.13 | — |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $39.13 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRHMONonTMN | $39.13 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $39.52 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $39.52 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $39.52 | — |
| Ambetter | CORE | $40.25 | — |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $40.84 | — |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $41.00 | — |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $41.48 | — |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $44.11 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $45.00 | — |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $47.87 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $53.67 | — |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $54.79 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $54.79 | — |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $57.63 | — |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $59.48 | — |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $59.48 | — |
| Apex Health | MCR | $59.48 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $66.33 | — |
| Cigna | OAP | $75.33 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $76.38 | — |
| Humana | TRICARE | $78.26 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $97.05 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $97.67 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $111.81 | — |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $118.03 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $140.87 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $149.08 | — |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $149.08 | — |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $149.08 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $149.08 | — |
| Aetna | NAP | $156.53 | — |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $156.53 | — |
| Multiplan | COMM | $172.18 | — |
| Southern Health Partners | Prison | $187.83 | — |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $219.13 | — |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $234.79 | — |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $266.09 | — |
| Beech Street | COMM | $288.01 | — |
| BCBS | MCR | $2,000.00 | — |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $197.91 | $13.42 – $135.44 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $86.44 | $31.18 – $204.40 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $100.74 | $32.42 – $74.54 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $123.52 | $31.18 – $204.40 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $61.50 | $18.64 – $81.25 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $197.91 | $24.61 – $135.44 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $197.91 | $24.61 – $135.44 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $197.91 | $24.61 – $135.44 |