Multi-axial knee/shin system 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.

$4,295.32 with Humana vs $6,314.12 with NovaNET — 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
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4,295.32
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4,295.32
Wellpoint MGMCD $4,295.32
Zing MGMCR $4,424.18
WellCare MCR $4,424.18
Evergreen HMO MCR $4,510.09
United VACCN $4,510.09
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4,510.09
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4,510.09
Healthspring MCRPPO $4,510.09
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $4,510.09
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $4,510.09
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4,510.09
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4,510.09
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4,510.09
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4,510.09
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4,555.19
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4,555.19
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4,555.19
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4,724.85
Signature Advantage MCR $4,780.69
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5,186.60
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6,185.26
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6,314.12
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6,314.12

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Multi-axial knee/shin system at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $4,166.46 – $6,314.12
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $3,865.79 – $6,314.12
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $3,092.63 – $6,314.12
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $3,092.63 – $6,314.12
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $3,865.79 – $6,314.12
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $3,865.79 – $6,314.12
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $2,057.71 – $4,510.09
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $4,295.32 – $4,510.09

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