Infectious agent nucleic acid joint space pathogens multiplex amplified probe >= 26 targets 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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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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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.

$679.77 with Humana vs $2,039.31 with Oscar — 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
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $679.77
United CorePayer $679.77
United HeritageSelect $679.77
Wellpoint MGMCD $679.77
United AllPayerAppendix $679.77
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $679.77
WellCare MCR $700.16
Zing MGMCR $700.16
Evergreen HMO MCR $713.76
Devoted Health Plan MCR $713.76
United VACCN $713.76
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $713.76
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $713.76
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $713.76
Healthspring MCRPPO $713.76
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $713.76
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $713.76
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $713.76
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $713.76
Aetna MGMCRSNP $720.90
Aetna MGMCRPPO $720.90
Aetna MGMCRHMO $720.90
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $747.75
Signature Advantage MCR $756.58
Bright Health MCRNarrow $820.82
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $978.87
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $999.26
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $999.26
Oscar HIX $2,039.31

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Infectious agent nucleic acid joint space pathogens multiplex amplified probe >= 26 targets at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $659.38 – $2,039.31
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $611.79 – $2,039.31
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD not published $679.77 – $2,039.31
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $489.43 – $2,039.31
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $489.43 – $2,039.31
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $611.79 – $2,039.31
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $611.79 – $2,039.31

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