Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine 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

$1,425.66

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.

$1,425.66

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.

$8.02 with Wellpoint 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $8.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $14.17 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $17.83 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $17.83 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $17.83 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.83 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $17.83 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $17.83 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $17.83 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $18.36 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $18.36 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $18.54 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $18.72 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $18.72 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $18.72 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $18.72 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $18.72 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $18.72 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $18.72 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $18.72 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $18.72 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $18.72 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $18.72 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $18.91 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $18.91 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $18.91 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $19.25 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $19.61 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $19.84 ↓ -99%
BCBS TENNCARE $20.24 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $21.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $21.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $24.33 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $25.68 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $26.21 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.21 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $31.72 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $36.02 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $53.49 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $58.49 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $69.88 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $69.88 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $69.88 ↓ -95%
Humana BroadNetwork $69.88 ↓ -95%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $262.46 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $270.88 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $270.88 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $270.88 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $347.86 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $356.42 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $441.95 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $444.81 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $641.55 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $712.83 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $712.83 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $784.11 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $855.40 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $997.96 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,069.24 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,211.81 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,311.61 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +40%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $136.50 $6.42 – $68.87
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