Renin stimulation panel 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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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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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.

$19.80 with Wellpoint vs $175.96 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

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 $19.80
BCBS TENNCARE $30.68
BCBS COVERKIDS $33.13
Aetna COMM $34.97
Aetna NewBusiness $34.97
United CorePayer $43.99
United HeritageSelect $43.99
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $43.99
Bright Health SmallGroup $43.99
Bright Health HIX $43.99
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $43.99
United AllPayerAppendix $43.99
WellCare MCR $45.31
Zing MGMCR $45.31
Ambetter Select $45.75
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $46.19
United VACCN $46.19
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $46.19
Devoted Health Plan MCR $46.19
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $46.19
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $46.19
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $46.19
Evergreen HMO MCR $46.19
Healthspring MCRPPO $46.19
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $46.19
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $46.19
Aetna MGMCRHMO $46.65
Aetna MGMCRPPO $46.65
Aetna MGMCRSNP $46.65
Ambetter CORE $47.51
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $48.39
Signature Advantage MCR $48.96
Bright Health MCRNarrow $53.12
BCBS NetworkP $60.01
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $63.35
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $64.67
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $64.67
Cigna NewBusiness $78.45
BCBS BlueCare $88.67
Cigna OAP $89.09
Oscar HIX $131.97
Humana BroadNetwork $175.96
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $175.96
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $175.96
Humana HumanaChoice $175.96

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Renin stimulation panel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $15.84 – $170.45
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $30.68 – $170.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $30.68 – $170.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $30.84 – $170.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $30.68 – $170.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $39.59 – $170.45
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $19.80 – $131.97
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $19.80 – $131.97

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