X-ray skull < 4 views at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
$3,294.52
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.
$3,294.52
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.
$16.29 with BCBS vs $3,030.96 with Beech Street — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $16.29 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $17.71 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $22.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $34.24 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $34.24 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $34.24 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $34.24 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $47.11 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $47.61 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | COMM | $47.61 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $87.03 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OAP | $98.86 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $154.52 | ↓ -95% |
| United | CorePayer | $154.52 | ↓ -95% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $154.52 | ↓ -95% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $606.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $625.96 | ↓ -81% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $625.96 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $625.96 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $803.86 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $823.63 | ↓ -75% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $1,021.30 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,027.89 | ↓ -69% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,482.53 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NAP | $1,647.26 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $1,647.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $1,811.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Southern Health Partners | Prison | $1,976.71 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | MCR | $2,000.00 | ↓ -39% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $2,306.16 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $2,470.89 | ↓ -25% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $2,800.34 | ↓ -15% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $3,030.96 | ↓ -8% |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray skull < 4 views at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $95.84 | $17.71 – $179.33 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $148.00 | $26.36 – $350.00 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $111.78 | $17.71 – $194.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $211.50 | $26.36 – $350.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $65.85 | $20.54 – $212.67 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $127.67 | $17.71 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $127.67 | $17.71 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $121.58 | $22.18 – $179.33 |