Scan duplex upper extremity arteries unilateral/limited study left 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.

$89.39 with Bright Health vs $2,000.00 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Bright Health HIX $89.39
Oscar HIX $96.23
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $96.80
Apex Health MCR $99.91
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $99.91
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $99.91
BCBS TENNCARE $108.35
BCBS COVERKIDS $117.02
Ambetter CORE $117.26
Ambetter Select $121.99
Bright Health SmallGroup $126.20
United OptionsPPO $128.30
Humana TRICARE $131.46
Amerigroup MGMCR $163.00
Cigna PPO $164.06
BCBS NetworkP $187.79
United GlobalBenefitPlan $236.62
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $262.91
Aetna NAP $262.91
Multiplan COMM $289.20
BCBS BlueCare $313.13
Southern Health Partners Prison $315.49
Cigna NewBusiness $317.00
Cigna OAP $360.07
Employers Health Network COMM $368.07
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $394.37
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $446.95
Beech Street COMM $483.75
Aetna NewBusiness $1,264.00
Aetna COMM $1,482.00
BCBS MCR $2,000.00

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Scan duplex upper extremity arteries unilateral/limited study left at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $366.44 $91.66 – $294.17
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $208.98 $94.40 – $494.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $312.34 $84.48 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $298.64 $94.40 – $494.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $229.50 $77.04 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $366.44 $48.16 – $294.17
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $366.44 $48.16 – $294.17
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $418.61 $48.16 – $294.17

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