Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest 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.
$42.42 with BCBS vs $315.34 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 | NetworkP | $42.42 | — |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $109.07 | — |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $118.55 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $125.10 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $125.10 | — |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $153.80 | — |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $153.80 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $153.80 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $153.80 | — |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $315.34 | — |
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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $77.51 | $67.97 – $143.94 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $50.70 | $86.68 – $143.63 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $163.98 | $47.68 – $157.79 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $163.98 | $47.68 – $177.82 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $156.15 | $47.68 – $225.25 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $156.15 | $51.08 – $118.55 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $49.68 | $48.16 – $144.50 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $50.70 | $34.67 – $338.00 |