Metyrapone panel 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.

$41.02 with Wellpoint vs $370.53 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 $41.02
Aetna NewBusiness $72.47
Aetna COMM $72.47
Bright Health SmallGroup $91.16
Bright Health HIX $91.16
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $91.16
United AllPayerAppendix $91.16
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $91.16
United HeritageSelect $91.16
United CorePayer $91.16
WellCare MCR $93.89
Zing MGMCR $93.89
Ambetter Select $94.81
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $95.72
United VACCN $95.72
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $95.72
Devoted Health Plan MCR $95.72
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $95.72
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $95.72
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $95.72
Evergreen HMO MCR $95.72
Healthspring MCRPPO $95.72
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $95.72
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $95.72
Aetna MGMCRSNP $96.68
Aetna MGMCRHMO $96.68
Aetna MGMCRPPO $96.68
Ambetter CORE $98.45
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $100.28
Signature Advantage MCR $101.46
Bright Health MCRNarrow $110.08
BCBS NetworkP $124.37
BCBS TENNCARE $128.21
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $131.27
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $134.01
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $134.01
BCBS COVERKIDS $138.47
Cigna NewBusiness $162.64
Cigna OAP $184.71
Oscar HIX $273.48
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $364.64
Humana BroadNetwork $364.64
Humana HumanaChoice $364.64
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $364.64
BCBS BlueCare $370.53

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Metyrapone panel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $32.82 – $353.29
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $63.91 – $353.29
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $63.91 – $353.29
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $63.91 – $353.29
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $82.04 – $353.29
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $82.04 – $353.29
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $41.02 – $273.48
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $41.02 – $273.48

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