Lso sag-co shell pnl pre ots 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.

$922.75 with Humana vs $1,356.44 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 $922.75
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $922.75
Wellpoint MGMCD $922.75
Zing MGMCR $950.43
WellCare MCR $950.43
Evergreen HMO MCR $968.89
United VACCN $968.89
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $968.89
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $968.89
Healthspring MCRPPO $968.89
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $968.89
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $968.89
Devoted Health Plan MCR $968.89
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $968.89
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $968.89
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $968.89
Aetna MGMCRSNP $978.58
Aetna MGMCRPPO $978.58
Aetna MGMCRHMO $978.58
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1,015.03
Signature Advantage MCR $1,027.02
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1,114.22
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,328.76
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,356.44
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1,356.44

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Lso sag-co shell pnl pre ots at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $895.07 – $1,356.44
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $830.48 – $1,356.44
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD not published $1,302.42 – $1,914.56
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $664.38 – $1,356.44
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $664.38 – $1,356.44
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $830.48 – $1,356.44
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $830.48 – $1,356.44
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $608.12 – $968.89

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