Rbc count only automated 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.

$1.36 with Wellpoint vs $13.76 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 $1.36
Aetna NewBusiness $2.41
Aetna COMM $2.41
Bright Health SmallGroup $3.02
Bright Health HIX $3.02
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $3.02
United AllPayerAppendix $3.02
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $3.02
United HeritageSelect $3.02
United CorePayer $3.02
WellCare MCR $3.11
Zing MGMCR $3.11
Ambetter Select $3.14
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $3.17
United VACCN $3.17
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $3.17
Devoted Health Plan MCR $3.17
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $3.17
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $3.17
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $3.17
Evergreen HMO MCR $3.17
Healthspring MCRPPO $3.17
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $3.17
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $3.17
Aetna MGMCRSNP $3.20
Aetna MGMCRHMO $3.20
Aetna MGMCRPPO $3.20
Ambetter CORE $3.26
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $3.32
Signature Advantage MCR $3.36
Bright Health MCRNarrow $3.65
BCBS NetworkP $3.93
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4.35
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $4.44
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4.44
BCBS TENNCARE $4.76
BCBS COVERKIDS $5.14
Cigna NewBusiness $5.19
Cigna OAP $5.90
Oscar HIX $9.06
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $12.08
Humana BroadNetwork $12.08
Humana HumanaChoice $12.08
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $12.08
BCBS BlueCare $13.76

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Rbc count only automated at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $37.20 $1.09 – $11.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $20.72 $2.68 – $49.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $29.61 $2.68 – $49.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $5.25 $1.51 – $6.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $37.20 $2.12 – $11.28
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $37.20 $2.12 – $11.28
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $37.20 $2.12 – $11.28
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $37.20 $2.72 – $11.28

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →