Mayo chromium 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

$80.64

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.

$80.64

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.

$9.13 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 $9.13 ↓ -89%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $14.85 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $15.32 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $15.32 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $15.32 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMM $16.12 ↓ -80%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.12 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $19.68 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $20.16 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.28 ↓ -75%
Bright Health SmallGroup $20.28 ↓ -75%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $20.28 ↓ -75%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $20.28 ↓ -75%
United CorePayer $20.28 ↓ -75%
United HeritageSelect $20.28 ↓ -75%
Bright Health HIX $20.28 ↓ -75%
WellCare MCR $20.89 ↓ -74%
Zing MGMCR $20.89 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Select $21.09 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $21.29 ↓ -74%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $21.29 ↓ -74%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $21.29 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $21.29 ↓ -74%
Healthspring MCRPPO $21.29 ↓ -74%
United VACCN $21.29 ↓ -74%
Evergreen HMO MCR $21.29 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $21.29 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $21.29 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $21.29 ↓ -74%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $21.29 ↓ -74%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $21.51 ↓ -73%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $21.51 ↓ -73%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $21.51 ↓ -73%
Ambetter CORE $21.90 ↓ -73%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $22.31 ↓ -72%
Signature Advantage MCR $22.57 ↓ -72%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $24.49 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup MGMCR $25.00 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $25.16 ↓ -69%
BCBS NetworkP $26.66 ↓ -67%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $29.20 ↓ -64%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $29.81 ↓ -63%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.81 ↓ -63%
BCBS TENNCARE $32.26 ↓ -60%
BCBS COVERKIDS $34.84 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $36.29 ↓ -55%
Cigna NewBusiness $36.34 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $40.32 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $40.32 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP $41.27 ↓ -49%
Multiplan COMM $44.35 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $48.38 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $56.45 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $60.48 ↓ -25%
Oscar HIX $60.84 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $68.54 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $74.19 ↓ -8%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $81.12 ↑ +1%
Humana HumanaChoice $81.12 ↑ +1%
Humana BroadNetwork $81.12 ↑ +1%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $81.12 ↑ +1%
BCBS BlueCare $93.23 ↑ +16%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +2380%

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Mayo chromium at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $80.60 $7.30 – $79.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $26.94 $18.02 – $63.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $38.50 $18.02 – $63.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $34.20 $10.14 – $44.21
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $80.60 $14.23 – $79.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $80.60 $14.23 – $79.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $80.60 $14.23 – $79.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $80.60 $18.25 – $79.00

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