Lidocaine therapeutic drug level 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.

$6.61 with Wellpoint vs $69.91 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 $6.61
Aetna NewBusiness $11.68
Aetna COMM $11.68
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.69
Bright Health HIX $14.69
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.69
United AllPayerAppendix $14.69
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.69
United HeritageSelect $14.69
United CorePayer $14.69
WellCare MCR $15.13
Zing MGMCR $15.13
Ambetter Select $15.28
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.42
United VACCN $15.42
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.42
Devoted Health Plan MCR $15.42
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.42
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.42
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.42
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.42
Healthspring MCRPPO $15.42
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $15.42
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $15.42
Aetna MGMCRSNP $15.58
Aetna MGMCRHMO $15.58
Aetna MGMCRPPO $15.58
Ambetter CORE $15.86
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.16
Signature Advantage MCR $16.35
Bright Health MCRNarrow $17.74
BCBS NetworkP $20.04
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21.15
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.59
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.59
BCBS TENNCARE $24.19
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95
BCBS COVERKIDS $26.13
Cigna OAP $29.47
Oscar HIX $44.07
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $58.76
Humana BroadNetwork $58.76
Humana HumanaChoice $58.76
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $58.76
BCBS BlueCare $69.91

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Lidocaine therapeutic drug level at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $77.45 $5.29 – $56.45
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $71.04 $13.05 – $168.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $101.52 $13.05 – $168.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.80 $7.35 – $32.02
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $77.45 $10.30 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $77.45 $10.30 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $77.45 $10.30 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $77.45 $13.22 – $56.45

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →