Mayo iodine 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

$301.58

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.

$301.58

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.

$10.85 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 $10.85 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $19.16 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $19.16 ↓ -94%
Bright Health SmallGroup $24.11 ↓ -92%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $24.11 ↓ -92%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $24.11 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.11 ↓ -92%
United CorePayer $24.11 ↓ -92%
United HeritageSelect $24.11 ↓ -92%
Bright Health HIX $24.11 ↓ -92%
BCBS NetworkP $24.63 ↓ -92%
Zing MGMCR $24.83 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCR $24.83 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Select $25.07 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $25.32 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $25.32 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $25.32 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $25.32 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $25.32 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $25.32 ↓ -92%
United VACCN $25.32 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $25.32 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRPPO $25.32 ↓ -92%
Evergreen HMO MCR $25.32 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $25.32 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $25.57 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $25.57 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $25.57 ↓ -92%
Ambetter CORE $26.04 ↓ -91%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $26.52 ↓ -91%
Signature Advantage MCR $26.83 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $29.11 ↓ -90%
BCBS TENNCARE $31.49 ↓ -90%
BCBS COVERKIDS $34.01 ↓ -89%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $34.72 ↓ -88%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.44 ↓ -88%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $35.44 ↓ -88%
Cigna NewBusiness $43.26 ↓ -86%
Cigna OAP $49.13 ↓ -84%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $55.52 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $57.30 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $57.30 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $57.30 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $72.33 ↓ -76%
United OptionsPPO $73.59 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $75.39 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueCare $91.01 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup MGMCR $93.49 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $94.09 ↓ -69%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $96.44 ↓ -68%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $96.44 ↓ -68%
Humana HumanaChoice $96.44 ↓ -68%
Humana BroadNetwork $96.44 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $135.71 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $150.79 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $150.79 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $165.87 ↓ -45%
Southern Health Partners Prison $180.95 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network COMM $211.11 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $226.19 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $256.34 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $277.45 ↓ -8%
BCBS MCR $2,000.00 ↑ +563%

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Mayo iodine at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $485.70 $8.68 – $75.62
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $30.49 $7.55 – $72.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $91.54 $20.98 – $48.22
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $43.57 $7.55 – $72.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $31.65 $12.06 – $52.56
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $485.70 $12.66 – $75.62
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $485.70 $12.66 – $75.62
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $485.70 $12.66 – $75.62

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