Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) 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

$2,928.00

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.

$2,928.00

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.

$4.75 with Wellpoint vs $2,693.76 with Beech Street — 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 $4.75 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $8.40 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $8.40 ↓ -100%
Bright Health HIX $10.56 ↓ -100%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $10.56 ↓ -100%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $10.56 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $10.56 ↓ -100%
United CorePayer $10.56 ↓ -100%
United HeritageSelect $10.56 ↓ -100%
Bright Health SmallGroup $10.56 ↓ -100%
Zing MGMCR $10.88 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCR $10.88 ↓ -100%
BCBS TENNCARE $10.95 ↓ -100%
Ambetter Select $10.99 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.09 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.09 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $11.09 ↓ -100%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $11.09 ↓ -100%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $11.09 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.09 ↓ -100%
United VACCN $11.09 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.09 ↓ -100%
Healthspring MCRPPO $11.09 ↓ -100%
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.09 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $11.20 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $11.20 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $11.20 ↓ -100%
Ambetter CORE $11.41 ↓ -100%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $11.62 ↓ -100%
Signature Advantage MCR $11.75 ↓ -100%
BCBS NetworkP $11.76 ↓ -100%
BCBS COVERKIDS $11.83 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $12.75 ↓ -100%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $15.21 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $15.52 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.52 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $19.02 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $21.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueCare $31.65 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $31.68 ↓ -99%
Humana BroadNetwork $42.24 ↓ -99%
Humana HumanaChoice $42.24 ↓ -99%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $42.24 ↓ -99%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $42.24 ↓ -99%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $539.04 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $556.32 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $556.32 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $556.32 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $714.43 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $732.00 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $907.68 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $913.54 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,317.60 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,464.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,464.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,610.40 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $1,756.80 ↓ -40%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↓ -32%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,049.60 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,196.00 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,488.80 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $2,693.76 ↓ -8%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $179.18 $3.80 – $40.65
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $183.23 $9.38 – $433.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $149.73 $9.19 – $21.12
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $261.84 $9.38 – $433.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $17.70 $5.28 – $23.02
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $179.18 $7.42 – $40.65
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $179.18 $7.42 – $40.65
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $179.18 $7.42 – $40.65

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