Valproic acid total therapeutic drug level 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

$3,117.23

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.

$3,117.23

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.

$6.09 with Wellpoint vs $2,867.85 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $6.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.77 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $10.77 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.54 ↓ -100%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.54 ↓ -100%
United CorePayer $13.54 ↓ -100%
United HeritageSelect $13.54 ↓ -100%
Bright Health HIX $13.54 ↓ -100%
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.54 ↓ -100%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $13.54 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCR $13.95 ↓ -100%
Zing MGMCR $13.95 ↓ -100%
Ambetter Select $14.08 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.22 ↓ -100%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $14.22 ↓ -100%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $14.22 ↓ -100%
Healthspring MCRPPO $14.22 ↓ -100%
Evergreen HMO MCR $14.22 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $14.22 ↓ -100%
United VACCN $14.22 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $14.22 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $14.22 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $14.22 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $14.22 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.36 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.36 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.36 ↓ -100%
Ambetter CORE $14.63 ↓ -100%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.89 ↓ -100%
Signature Advantage MCR $15.07 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $18.49 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.50 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $19.90 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS TENNCARE $23.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $24.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $25.62 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $27.50 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $40.62 ↓ -99%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $54.16 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoice $54.16 ↓ -98%
Humana BroadNetwork $54.16 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $54.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $68.55 ↓ -98%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $573.88 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $592.27 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $592.27 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $592.27 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $760.60 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $779.31 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $966.34 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $972.58 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,402.75 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,558.62 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,558.62 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,714.48 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $1,870.34 ↓ -40%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↓ -36%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,182.06 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,337.92 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,649.65 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $2,867.85 ↓ -8%

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Valproic acid total therapeutic drug level at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $82.74 $4.87 – $51.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $157.77 $12.04 – $373.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $60.95 $11.78 – $27.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $225.46 $12.04 – $373.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $23.70 $6.77 – $29.52
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $82.74 $9.50 – $51.92
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $82.74 $9.50 – $51.92
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $82.74 $9.50 – $51.92

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