IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour 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

$2,105.22

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.

$2,105.22

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.

$53.47 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 $53.47 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $57.75 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $154.53 ↓ -93%
Bright Health HIX $357.89 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $385.26 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $387.57 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $399.99 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $399.99 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $399.99 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $469.46 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $484.20 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $488.41 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $505.25 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $513.67 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $526.30 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $530.52 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $589.46 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $602.09 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup MGMCR $652.62 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $656.83 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMM $694.72 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $947.35 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,052.61 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,052.61 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,157.87 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $1,263.13 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,473.65 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,578.91 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,789.44 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,936.80 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↓ -5%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $148.43 $53.47 – $282.49
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $278.84 $79.58 – $659.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $184.00 $53.47 – $384.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $398.47 $79.58 – $659.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $92.55 $61.37 – $432.69
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $148.43 $53.47 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $148.43 $53.47 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $148.43 $63.32 – $278.42

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