Mayo a1app alpha 1 antitrypsin phenotype 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.

$6.51 with Wellpoint vs $190.25 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 $6.51
Aetna NewBusiness $11.50
Aetna COMM $11.50
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.46
Bright Health HIX $14.46
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.46
United AllPayerAppendix $14.46
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.46
United HeritageSelect $14.46
United CorePayer $14.46
WellCare MCR $14.89
Zing MGMCR $14.89
Ambetter Select $15.04
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.18
United VACCN $15.18
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.18
Devoted Health Plan MCR $15.18
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.18
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.18
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.18
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.18
Healthspring MCRPPO $15.18
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $15.18
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $15.18
Aetna MGMCRHMO $15.33
Aetna MGMCRSNP $15.33
Aetna MGMCRPPO $15.33
Ambetter CORE $15.61
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.91
Signature Advantage MCR $16.09
Bright Health MCRNarrow $17.46
BCBS NetworkP $19.73
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.82
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.26
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.26
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95
Cigna OAP $29.47
Oscar HIX $43.38
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $57.84
Humana BroadNetwork $57.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $57.84
Humana HumanaChoice $57.84
BCBS TENNCARE $65.83
BCBS COVERKIDS $71.10
BCBS BlueCare $190.25

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Mayo a1app alpha 1 antitrypsin phenotype at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $59.12 $5.21 – $65.83
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $64.83 $12.85 – $153.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $92.64 $12.85 – $153.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.35 $7.23 – $31.52
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $59.13 $10.14 – $87.62
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $59.13 $10.14 – $98.75
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $59.13 $10.14 – $125.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $59.12 $13.01 – $65.83

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →