Tlso 2 shl symphys-stern cst 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.

$1,240.37 with Humana vs $1,823.34 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
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $1,240.37
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $1,240.37
Wellpoint MGMCD $1,240.37
Zing MGMCR $1,277.58
WellCare MCR $1,277.58
Evergreen HMO MCR $1,302.39
United VACCN $1,302.39
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $1,302.39
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $1,302.39
Healthspring MCRPPO $1,302.39
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $1,302.39
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $1,302.39
Devoted Health Plan MCR $1,302.39
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $1,302.39
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $1,302.39
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $1,302.39
Aetna MGMCRSNP $1,315.41
Aetna MGMCRPPO $1,315.41
Aetna MGMCRHMO $1,315.41
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1,364.41
Signature Advantage MCR $1,380.53
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1,497.75
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,786.13
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,823.34
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1,823.34

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Tlso 2 shl symphys-stern cst at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $2,560.50 $617.52 – $7,681.50
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $4,047.45 $1,240.37 – $11,038.50
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $1,598.72 $1,017.36 – $4,360.14
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $2,816.55 $1,240.37 – $7,681.50
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $4,047.45 $1,240.37 – $11,038.50
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $1,453.38 $1,017.36 – $4,360.14
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $1,203.16 – $1,823.34
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $1,116.33 – $1,823.34

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