Methotrexate sodium 2.5 mg tablet at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
$118.16
Cash price 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.
$118.16
Gross charge 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.
$0.30 with Cigna 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | NewBusiness | $0.30 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | OAP | $0.34 | ↓ -100% |
| United | CorePayer | $0.40 | ↓ -100% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.40 | ↓ -100% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $0.40 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $17.72 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $17.72 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $17.72 | ↓ -85% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $21.75 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $27.18 | ↓ -77% |
| Ambetter | Select | $27.41 | ↓ -77% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $28.83 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $29.54 | ↓ -75% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $36.63 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | PPO | $36.87 | ↓ -69% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $53.17 | ↓ -55% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $59.08 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $64.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Southern Health Partners | Prison | $70.90 | ↓ -40% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $82.71 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $88.62 | ↓ -25% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $100.44 | ↓ -15% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $108.71 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS | MCR | $2,000.00 | ↑ +1593% |
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Methotrexate sodium 2.5 mg tablet at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $4.86 | $0.21 – $0.51 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $63.70 | $0.17 – $0.59 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $1.86 | $0.22 – $0.33 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $91.03 | $0.18 – $0.59 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $4.86 | $0.23 – $0.51 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $4.86 | $0.23 – $0.51 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $4.86 | $0.23 – $0.51 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $4.86 | $0.21 – $0.51 |