Lo sag rig pnl stays pre cst 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.

$96.32 with Humana vs $141.59 with NovaNET — 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 $96.32
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $96.32
Wellpoint MGMCD $96.32
Zing MGMCR $99.21
WellCare MCR $99.21
Evergreen HMO MCR $101.14
United VACCN $101.14
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $101.14
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $101.14
Healthspring MCRPPO $101.14
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $101.14
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $101.14
Devoted Health Plan MCR $101.14
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $101.14
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $101.14
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $101.14
Aetna MGMCRSNP $102.15
Aetna MGMCRPPO $102.15
Aetna MGMCRHMO $102.15
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $105.95
Signature Advantage MCR $107.20
Bright Health MCRNarrow $116.31
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $138.70
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $141.59
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $141.59

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Lo sag rig pnl stays pre cst at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $193.32 $47.96 – $579.96
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $93.43 – $141.59
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $86.69 – $141.59
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $69.35 – $141.59
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $69.35 – $141.59
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $86.69 – $141.59
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $86.69 – $141.59
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $96.32 – $101.14

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →