Myelography thoracic spine at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
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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.
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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.
$69.23 with BCBS vs $920.54 with United — 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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| BCBS | NetworkP | $69.23 | — |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $112.81 | — |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $122.62 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $158.77 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $158.77 | — |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $175.04 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $175.04 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $175.04 | — |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $175.04 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $202.22 | — |
| Cigna | OAP | $229.69 | — |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $326.17 | — |
| United | HeritageSelect | $920.54 | — |
| United | CorePayer | $920.54 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $920.54 | — |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $205.50 | $121.89 – $1,594.69 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $205.50 | $121.89 – $1,621.20 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $205.50 | $121.89 – $1,621.20 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $416.85 | $110.90 – $1,446.92 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $205.50 | $121.89 – $1,550.48 |
| SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER | ANTIOCH | $3,342.96 | $69.23 – $920.54 |
| SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | MT JULIET | $5,794.77 | $69.23 – $920.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $83.36 – $1,089.31 |