Polycentric hinge pair 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.

$229.64 with Humana vs $337.57 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 $229.64
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $229.64
Wellpoint MGMCD $229.64
Zing MGMCR $236.53
WellCare MCR $236.53
Evergreen HMO MCR $241.12
United VACCN $241.12
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $241.12
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $241.12
Healthspring MCRPPO $241.12
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $241.12
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $241.12
Devoted Health Plan MCR $241.12
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $241.12
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $241.12
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $241.12
Aetna MGMCRSNP $243.53
Aetna MGMCRPPO $243.53
Aetna MGMCRHMO $243.53
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $252.60
Signature Advantage MCR $255.59
Bright Health MCRNarrow $277.29
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $330.68
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $337.57
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $337.57

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Polycentric hinge pair at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $222.75 – $337.57
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $206.68 – $337.57
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $165.34 – $337.57
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $165.34 – $337.57
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $206.68 – $337.57
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $206.68 – $337.57
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $110.01 – $241.12
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $229.64 – $241.12

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →