Ultrasound scrotum and contents 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

$2,835.21

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.

$2,835.21

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.

$37.07 with BCBS vs $2,608.39 with Beech Street — 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
BCBS NetworkP $37.07 ↓ -99%
BCBS TENNCARE $39.84 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $43.30 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $115.18 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $119.72 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $119.72 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $119.72 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $119.72 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $141.77 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $141.77 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $154.52 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $154.52 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $222.09 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $252.26 ↓ -91%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $521.96 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $538.69 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $538.69 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $538.69 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $691.79 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $708.80 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $878.92 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $884.59 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,275.84 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,417.61 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,417.61 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,559.37 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $1,701.13 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,984.65 ↓ -30%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↓ -29%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,126.41 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,409.93 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $2,608.39 ↓ -8%

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Ultrasound scrotum and contents at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $264.30 $43.30 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $488.11 $64.44 – $1,154.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $320.62 $43.30 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $697.53 $64.44 – $1,154.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $50.23 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $333.84 $43.30 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $333.84 $43.30 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $317.94 $44.64 – $179.33

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