Rbc mechanical fragility 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.

$3.87 with Wellpoint vs $34.40 with Humana — 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 $3.87
Aetna NewBusiness $6.84
Aetna COMM $6.84
BCBS NetworkP $8.25
Bright Health HIX $8.60
United AllPayerAppendix $8.60
United CorePayer $8.60
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.60
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.60
United HeritageSelect $8.60
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.60
WellCare MCR $8.86
Zing MGMCR $8.86
Ambetter Select $8.94
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.03
United VACCN $9.03
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.03
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.03
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.03
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.03
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.03
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.03
Healthspring MCRPPO $9.03
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $9.03
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $9.03
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.12
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.12
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.12
Ambetter CORE $9.29
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $9.46
Signature Advantage MCR $9.57
BCBS TENNCARE $9.98
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.38
BCBS COVERKIDS $10.78
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $12.38
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $12.64
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.64
Cigna NewBusiness $15.58
Cigna OAP $17.70
Oscar HIX $25.80
BCBS BlueCare $28.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $34.40
Humana BroadNetwork $34.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $34.40
Humana HumanaChoice $34.40

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Rbc mechanical fragility at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $3.10 – $33.86
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $6.04 – $33.86
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $6.04 – $33.86
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $6.04 – $33.86
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $7.74 – $33.86
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $7.74 – $33.86
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $3.87 – $25.80
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $3.87 – $25.80

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