Insulin suppression panel 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.

$74.52 with Wellpoint vs $721.00 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $74.52
Aetna NewBusiness $131.66
Aetna COMM $131.66
Bright Health SmallGroup $165.61
Bright Health HIX $165.61
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $165.61
United AllPayerAppendix $165.61
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $165.61
United HeritageSelect $165.61
United CorePayer $165.61
WellCare MCR $170.58
Zing MGMCR $170.58
Ambetter Select $172.23
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $173.89
United VACCN $173.89
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $173.89
Devoted Health Plan MCR $173.89
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $173.89
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $173.89
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $173.89
Evergreen HMO MCR $173.89
Healthspring MCRPPO $173.89
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $173.89
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $173.89
Aetna MGMCRSNP $175.63
Aetna MGMCRHMO $175.63
Aetna MGMCRPPO $175.63
Ambetter CORE $178.86
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $182.17
BCBS NetworkP $184.31
Signature Advantage MCR $184.32
Bright Health MCRNarrow $199.97
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $238.48
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $243.45
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $243.45
BCBS TENNCARE $249.48
BCBS COVERKIDS $269.44
Cigna NewBusiness $295.30
Cigna OAP $335.36
Oscar HIX $496.83
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $662.44
Humana BroadNetwork $662.44
Humana HumanaChoice $662.44
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $662.44
BCBS BlueCare $721.00

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Insulin suppression panel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $59.62 – $522.63
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $94.71 – $522.63
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $94.71 – $522.63
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $94.71 – $522.63
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $149.05 – $522.63
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $149.05 – $522.63
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $74.52 – $496.83
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $74.52 – $496.83

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