Procalcitonin 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

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$12.25 with Wellpoint vs $108.88 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Wellpoint MGMCD $12.25
Aetna NewBusiness $21.65
Aetna COMM $21.65
BCBS TENNCARE $22.56
BCBS NetworkP $23.73
BCBS COVERKIDS $24.36
United CorePayer $27.22
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $27.22
Bright Health SmallGroup $27.22
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $27.22
United AllPayerAppendix $27.22
United HeritageSelect $27.22
Bright Health HIX $27.22
WellCare MCR $28.04
Zing MGMCR $28.04
Ambetter Select $28.31
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $28.58
United VACCN $28.58
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $28.58
Devoted Health Plan MCR $28.58
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $28.58
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $28.58
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $28.58
Evergreen HMO MCR $28.58
Healthspring MCRPPO $28.58
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $28.58
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $28.58
Aetna MGMCRPPO $28.87
Aetna MGMCRHMO $28.87
Aetna MGMCRSNP $28.87
Ambetter CORE $29.40
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $29.94
Signature Advantage MCR $30.30
Bright Health MCRNarrow $32.87
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $39.20
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.01
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $40.01
Cigna NewBusiness $48.46
Cigna OAP $55.03
BCBS BlueCare $65.20
Oscar HIX $81.66
Humana HumanaChoice $108.88
Humana BroadNetwork $108.88
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $108.88
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $108.88

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Procalcitonin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $91.44 $9.80 – $103.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $48.25 $23.79 – $114.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $117.99 $22.56 – $54.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $68.95 $23.79 – $114.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.45 $13.61 – $59.34
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →