X-ray elbow 2 views (both sides) at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
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Cash price 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 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.
$13.84 with BCBS 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | TENNCARE | $13.84 | — |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $15.04 | — |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $18.15 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $31.48 | — |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $31.48 | — |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $31.48 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $31.48 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $38.91 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $38.91 | — |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $40.01 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $67.82 | — |
| Cigna | OAP | $77.04 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $83.86 | — |
| United | CorePayer | $83.86 | — |
| United | HeritageSelect | $83.86 | — |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $329.02 | — |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $339.56 | — |
| Apex Health | MCR | $339.56 | — |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $339.56 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $436.07 | — |
| Humana | TRICARE | $446.79 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $554.02 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $557.59 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $804.22 | — |
| Aetna | NAP | $893.58 | — |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $893.58 | — |
| Multiplan | COMM | $982.94 | — |
| Southern Health Partners | Prison | $1,072.30 | — |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $1,251.01 | — |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $1,340.37 | — |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $1,519.09 | — |
| Beech Street | COMM | $1,644.19 | — |
| BCBS | MCR | $2,000.00 | — |
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X-ray elbow 2 views (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $87.41 | $15.04 – $127.70 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $103.01 | $22.38 – $243.60 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $100.05 | $15.04 – $160.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $147.21 | $22.38 – $243.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $69.30 | $17.45 – $88.52 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $102.63 | $15.04 – $127.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $102.63 | $15.04 – $127.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $97.74 | $21.85 – $127.70 |