Warde lipoprotein (a) 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

$45.36

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.

$45.36

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.

$6.44 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 $6.44 ↓ -86%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $8.35 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $8.62 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $8.62 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $8.62 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $11.07 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $11.34 ↓ -75%
Aetna NewBusiness $11.38 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $11.38 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.06 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $14.15 ↓ -69%
United CorePayer $14.32 ↓ -68%
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.32 ↓ -68%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.32 ↓ -68%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.32 ↓ -68%
United HeritageSelect $14.32 ↓ -68%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.32 ↓ -68%
Bright Health HIX $14.32 ↓ -68%
BCBS TENNCARE $14.70 ↓ -68%
WellCare MCR $14.75 ↓ -67%
Zing MGMCR $14.75 ↓ -67%
Ambetter Select $14.89 ↓ -67%
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.04 ↓ -67%
United VACCN $15.04 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $15.04 ↓ -67%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $15.04 ↓ -67%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $15.04 ↓ -67%
Healthspring MCRPPO $15.04 ↓ -67%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.04 ↓ -67%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.04 ↓ -67%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.04 ↓ -67%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.04 ↓ -67%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.04 ↓ -67%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $15.19 ↓ -67%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $15.19 ↓ -67%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $15.19 ↓ -67%
Ambetter CORE $15.46 ↓ -66%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.75 ↓ -65%
BCBS COVERKIDS $15.88 ↓ -65%
Signature Advantage MCR $15.94 ↓ -65%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $17.29 ↓ -62%
BCBS NetworkP $17.66 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $20.41 ↓ -55%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.62 ↓ -55%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.05 ↓ -54%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.05 ↓ -54%
Aetna NAP $22.68 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $22.68 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $24.95 ↓ -45%
Cigna NewBusiness $25.37 ↓ -44%
Southern Health Partners Prison $27.22 ↓ -40%
Cigna OAP $28.81 ↓ -36%
Employers Health Network COMM $31.75 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $34.02 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $38.56 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $41.73 ↓ -8%
BCBS BlueCare $42.48 ↓ -6%
Oscar HIX $42.96 ↓ -5%
Humana HumanaChoice $57.28 ↑ +26%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $57.28 ↑ +26%
Humana BroadNetwork $57.28 ↑ +26%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $57.28 ↑ +26%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +4309%

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Warde lipoprotein (a) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $76.41 $5.16 – $49.66
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $123.44 $11.50 – $291.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $31.05 $12.46 – $28.64
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $176.40 $11.50 – $291.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $22.65 $7.16 – $31.22
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $76.41 $9.08 – $49.66
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $76.41 $9.08 – $49.66
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $76.41 $9.08 – $49.66

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