Term dev mech hook vol close 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.

$1,574.47 with Wellpoint vs $2,314.47 with NovaNET — 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 $1,574.47
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $1,574.47
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $1,574.47
Zing MGMCR $1,621.70
WellCare MCR $1,621.70
Evergreen HMO MCR $1,653.19
Devoted Health Plan MCR $1,653.19
United VACCN $1,653.19
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $1,653.19
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $1,653.19
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $1,653.19
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $1,653.19
Healthspring MCRPPO $1,653.19
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $1,653.19
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $1,653.19
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $1,653.19
Aetna MGMCRSNP $1,669.73
Aetna MGMCRPPO $1,669.73
Aetna MGMCRHMO $1,669.73
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1,731.92
Signature Advantage MCR $1,752.39
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1,901.17
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,267.24
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,314.47
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $2,314.47

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Term dev mech hook vol close at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $1,527.24 – $2,314.47
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $1,417.02 – $2,314.47
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $1,133.62 – $2,314.47
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $1,133.62 – $2,314.47
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $1,417.02 – $2,314.47
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $1,417.02 – $2,314.47
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $754.26 – $1,653.19
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $1,574.47 – $1,653.19

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