Warde zinc 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

$1,175.45

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.

$1,175.45

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.

$5.13 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 $5.13 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $9.05 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $9.05 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.39 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $11.39 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $11.39 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $11.39 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $11.39 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $11.39 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $11.39 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $11.73 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $11.73 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $11.85 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $11.96 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $11.96 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $11.96 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $11.96 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.96 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.96 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $11.96 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.96 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.96 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.96 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $12.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $12.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $12.08 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $12.30 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $12.53 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $12.68 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $13.75 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $15.53 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16.40 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.74 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $16.74 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $20.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $22.20 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $22.92 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $23.98 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $34.17 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $45.56 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $45.56 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $45.56 ↓ -96%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $45.56 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $64.16 ↓ -95%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $216.40 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $223.34 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $223.34 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $223.34 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $286.81 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $293.86 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $364.39 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $366.74 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $528.95 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $587.73 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $587.73 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $646.50 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $705.27 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $822.82 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $881.59 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $999.13 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,081.41 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +70%

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Warde zinc at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $74.40 $4.10 – $44.02
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $20.43 $10.12 – $48.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $46.46 $9.91 – $22.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $29.19 $10.12 – $48.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.95 $5.70 – $24.83
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $74.40 $7.98 – $44.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $74.40 $7.98 – $44.02
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $74.40 $7.98 – $44.02

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