Transferrin 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

$980.47

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.

$980.47

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.

$5.74 with Wellpoint vs $2,000.00 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.

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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 $5.74 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.14 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $10.14 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.76 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $12.76 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $12.76 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $12.76 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $12.76 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.76 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $12.76 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $13.14 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $13.14 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $13.27 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.40 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $13.40 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $13.40 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $13.40 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.40 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.40 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $13.40 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.40 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.40 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.40 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.53 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.53 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.53 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $13.78 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.04 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $14.20 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $17.14 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.37 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $18.76 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.76 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $20.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $22.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $22.49 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $25.54 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $38.28 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $51.04 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoice $51.04 ↓ -95%
Humana BroadNetwork $51.04 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $51.04 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $59.04 ↓ -94%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $180.50 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $186.29 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $186.29 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $186.29 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $239.23 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $245.12 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $303.95 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $305.91 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $441.21 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $490.24 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $490.24 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $539.26 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $588.28 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $686.33 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $735.35 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $833.40 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $902.03 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +104%

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Transferrin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $92.46 $4.59 – $49.66
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $29.90 $11.35 – $70.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $51.75 $11.10 – $25.52
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $42.73 $11.35 – $70.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $22.05 $6.38 – $27.82
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $92.46 $8.96 – $49.66
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $92.46 $8.96 – $49.66
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $92.46 $8.96 – $49.66

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