Warde erythropoietin 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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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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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.

$8.46 with Wellpoint vs $102.57 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

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 $8.46
Aetna NewBusiness $14.94
Aetna COMM $14.94
Bright Health SmallGroup $18.79
Bright Health HIX $18.79
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $18.79
United AllPayerAppendix $18.79
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $18.79
United HeritageSelect $18.79
United CorePayer $18.79
WellCare MCR $19.35
Zing MGMCR $19.35
Ambetter Select $19.54
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $19.73
United VACCN $19.73
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $19.73
Devoted Health Plan MCR $19.73
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $19.73
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $19.73
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $19.73
Evergreen HMO MCR $19.73
Healthspring MCRPPO $19.73
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $19.73
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $19.73
Aetna MGMCRSNP $19.93
Aetna MGMCRHMO $19.93
Aetna MGMCRPPO $19.93
Ambetter CORE $20.30
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $20.67
Signature Advantage MCR $20.91
Bright Health MCRNarrow $22.69
BCBS NetworkP $25.65
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $27.06
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $27.62
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.62
Cigna NewBusiness $33.45
BCBS TENNCARE $35.49
Cigna OAP $37.99
BCBS COVERKIDS $38.33
Oscar HIX $56.37
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $75.16
Humana BroadNetwork $75.16
Humana HumanaChoice $75.16
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $75.16
BCBS BlueCare $102.57

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Warde erythropoietin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $86.81 $6.76 – $72.24
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $29.60 $16.70 – $70.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $74.06 $16.35 – $37.58
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $42.30 $16.70 – $70.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $32.85 $9.40 – $40.96
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $86.81 $13.19 – $72.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $86.81 $13.19 – $72.24
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $86.81 $13.19 – $72.24

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