Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug 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

$439.37

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.

$439.37

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.

$10.70 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 $10.70 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $11.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $30.92 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $65.91 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $65.91 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $65.91 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $74.69 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $80.40 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $80.89 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $83.48 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $83.48 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $83.48 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $97.98 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $101.06 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $101.93 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $105.45 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $107.21 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $109.84 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $110.72 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $123.02 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $125.66 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup MGMCR $136.20 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $137.08 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMM $144.99 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $197.72 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $219.69 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $219.69 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $241.65 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $263.62 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $307.56 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $329.53 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $373.46 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $404.22 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +355%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $55.98 $10.70 – $95.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $45.00 $15.92 – $368.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $89.01 $10.30 – $10.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $64.30 $15.92 – $368.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $43.65 $12.41 – $68.15
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $55.98 $10.70 – $87.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $55.98 $10.70 – $87.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $55.98 $15.99 – $87.00

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