Warde vitamin e (alpha-tocopherol) 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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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.

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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.

$6.38 with Wellpoint vs $78.09 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 $6.38
Aetna NewBusiness $11.28
Aetna COMM $11.28
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.18
Bright Health HIX $14.18
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.18
United AllPayerAppendix $14.18
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.18
United HeritageSelect $14.18
United CorePayer $14.18
WellCare MCR $14.61
Zing MGMCR $14.61
Ambetter Select $14.75
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $14.89
United VACCN $14.89
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $14.89
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.89
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $14.89
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $14.89
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $14.89
Evergreen HMO MCR $14.89
Healthspring MCRPPO $14.89
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $14.89
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $14.89
Aetna MGMCRSNP $15.04
Aetna MGMCRHMO $15.04
Aetna MGMCRPPO $15.04
Ambetter CORE $15.32
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.60
Signature Advantage MCR $15.78
Bright Health MCRNarrow $17.12
BCBS NetworkP $19.34
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.42
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $20.84
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $20.84
Cigna NewBusiness $25.37
BCBS TENNCARE $27.02
Cigna OAP $28.81
BCBS COVERKIDS $29.18
Oscar HIX $42.54
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $56.72
Humana BroadNetwork $56.72
Humana HumanaChoice $56.72
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $56.72
BCBS BlueCare $78.09

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Warde vitamin e (alpha-tocopherol) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $88.46 $5.10 – $55.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $36.12 $12.59 – $85.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $12.65 $12.34 – $28.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $51.61 $12.59 – $85.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $24.90 $7.09 – $30.91
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $88.46 $9.94 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $88.46 $9.94 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $88.46 $9.94 – $55.30

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →