St evaluation swallow function at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
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Cash price 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 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.
$32.48 with BCBS vs $171.54 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | TENNCARE | $32.48 | — |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $35.08 | — |
| Sarah Cannon Research | COMM | $80.95 | — |
| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $80.95 | — |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $80.95 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $83.38 | — |
| Zing | MGMCR | $83.38 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $85.00 | — |
| United | VACCN | $85.00 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $85.00 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $85.00 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $85.00 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $85.00 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $85.00 | — |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $85.00 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRPPO | $85.00 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRHMONonTMN | $85.00 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRHMOTMN | $85.00 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $85.85 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $85.85 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $85.85 | — |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $89.05 | — |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $90.10 | — |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $93.87 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $97.75 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $116.57 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $119.00 | — |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $119.00 | — |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $171.54 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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St evaluation swallow function at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $111.96 | $32.48 – $186.35 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $156.29 | $48.34 – $369.60 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $131.56 | $32.48 – $72.77 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $223.35 | $48.34 – $369.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $82.20 | $37.68 – $355.49 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $154.29 | $32.48 – $186.35 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $154.29 | $32.48 – $186.35 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $146.93 | $33.53 – $186.35 |