Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal limited 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

$1,827.36

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.

$1,827.36

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.

$108.35 with BCBS vs $2,000.00 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
BCBS TENNCARE $108.35 ↓ -94%
BCBS COVERKIDS $117.02 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $227.35 ↓ -88%
Bright Health HIX $310.65 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueCare $313.13 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $334.41 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $336.42 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $347.20 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $347.20 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $347.20 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $383.79 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $407.50 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $423.95 ↓ -77%
Cigna OAP $435.93 ↓ -76%
Bright Health SmallGroup $438.57 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $445.88 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $456.84 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $566.48 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $570.14 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $822.31 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $913.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $913.68 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,005.05 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $1,096.42 ↓ -40%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,264.00 ↓ -31%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,279.15 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,370.52 ↓ -25%
Aetna COMM $1,482.00 ↓ -19%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,553.26 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,681.17 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +9%

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Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal limited at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $269.93 $91.66 – $334.25
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $452.00 $132.73 – $1,068.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $312.34 $84.48 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $645.93 $132.73 – $1,068.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $229.50 $97.56 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $440.79 $76.07 – $334.25
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $440.79 $76.07 – $334.25
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $440.78 $76.07 – $334.25

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