X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 views 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

$961.27

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.

$961.27

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.

$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.

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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
BCBS TENNCARE $13.84 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $15.04 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $22.57 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.84 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.84 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $32.84 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $32.84 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $40.01 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $50.72 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $50.72 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $83.86 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86 ↓ -91%
United HeritageSelect $83.86 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $93.44 ↓ -90%
Cigna OAP $106.13 ↓ -89%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $176.97 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $182.64 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $182.64 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $182.64 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $234.55 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $240.32 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup MGMCR $297.99 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $299.92 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $432.57 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $480.63 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $480.63 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $528.70 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $576.76 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $672.89 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $720.95 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $817.08 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $884.37 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +108%

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X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 views at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $91.26 $15.04 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $216.97 $22.38 – $513.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $100.97 $15.04 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $310.06 $22.38 – $513.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $17.45 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $147.12 $15.04 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $147.12 $15.04 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $140.12 $22.18 – $127.70

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