Strep a ag ia 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.

$7.56 with Wellpoint vs $67.24 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 $7.56
Aetna NewBusiness $13.37
Aetna COMM $13.37
BCBS NetworkP $15.62
Bright Health HIX $16.81
United AllPayerAppendix $16.81
United CorePayer $16.81
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.81
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.81
United HeritageSelect $16.81
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $16.81
WellCare MCR $17.31
Zing MGMCR $17.31
Ambetter Select $17.48
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.65
United VACCN $17.65
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.65
Devoted Health Plan MCR $17.65
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.65
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.65
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.65
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.65
Healthspring MCRPPO $17.65
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $17.65
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $17.65
Aetna MGMCRPPO $17.83
Aetna MGMCRHMO $17.83
Aetna MGMCRSNP $17.83
Ambetter CORE $18.16
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.49
Signature Advantage MCR $18.71
BCBS TENNCARE $19.97
Bright Health MCRNarrow $20.30
BCBS COVERKIDS $21.57
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.21
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $24.71
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $24.71
Cigna NewBusiness $29.99
Cigna OAP $34.06
Oscar HIX $50.43
BCBS BlueCare $57.71
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $67.24
Humana BroadNetwork $67.24
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $67.24
Humana HumanaChoice $67.24

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Strep a ag ia at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $20.10 $6.12 – $36.65
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $20.10 $8.41 – $40.34
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $20.10 $8.41 – $40.34
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $20.10 $8.41 – $36.65
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD $347.04 $7.56 – $50.43
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $781.00 $7.56 – $50.43
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna $629.81 $7.56 – $50.43
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $6.05 – $53.04

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →