Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide 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

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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.

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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.

$14.09 with BCBS vs $141.32 with Humana — 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 NetworkP $14.09
Wellpoint MGMCD $15.90
BCBS TENNCARE $17.06
BCBS COVERKIDS $18.42
Aetna NewBusiness $28.09
Aetna COMM $28.09
United CorePayer $35.33
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $35.33
Bright Health SmallGroup $35.33
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $35.33
United AllPayerAppendix $35.33
United HeritageSelect $35.33
Bright Health HIX $35.33
WellCare MCR $36.39
Zing MGMCR $36.39
Ambetter Select $36.74
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $37.10
United VACCN $37.10
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $37.10
Devoted Health Plan MCR $37.10
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $37.10
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $37.10
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $37.10
Evergreen HMO MCR $37.10
Healthspring MCRPPO $37.10
Healthspring MCRHMONonTMN $37.10
Healthspring MCRHMOTMN $37.10
Aetna MGMCRPPO $37.47
Aetna MGMCRHMO $37.47
Aetna MGMCRSNP $37.47
Ambetter CORE $38.15
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $38.86
Signature Advantage MCR $39.32
Bright Health MCRNarrow $42.66
BCBS BlueCare $49.30
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $50.88
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $51.94
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $51.94
Cigna NewBusiness $62.86
Cigna OAP $71.39
Oscar HIX $105.99
Humana HumanaChoice $141.32
Humana BroadNetwork $141.32
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $141.32
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $141.32

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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $98.10 $12.72 – $136.59
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $47.07 $24.80 – $111.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $67.26 $24.80 – $111.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $59.55 $17.67 – $77.02
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $98.10 $17.06 – $136.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $98.10 $17.06 – $136.59
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $98.10 $21.14 – $136.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $98.10 $17.06 – $136.59

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