Creatine - sendout at SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER

100 SUMMIT BLVD, MT JULIET, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1982650024

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$52.00

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.

$52.00

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.

$2.09 with Wellpoint vs $45.76 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.

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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 $2.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.69 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $3.69 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.64 ↓ -91%
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.64 ↓ -91%
Bright Health HIX $4.64 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.64 ↓ -91%
HealthSpring DualEligible $4.64 ↓ -91%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.64 ↓ -91%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $4.64 ↓ -91%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.64 ↓ -91%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $4.64 ↓ -91%
United HeritageSelect $4.64 ↓ -91%
United VACCN $4.64 ↓ -91%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4.64 ↓ -91%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.64 ↓ -91%
United CorePayer $4.64 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.69 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.69 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.69 ↓ -91%
United MGMCR $4.73 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCR $4.78 ↓ -91%
WellCare MCR $4.78 ↓ -91%
Zing MGMCR $4.78 ↓ -91%
Ambetter Select $4.83 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.87 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.87 ↓ -91%
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.87 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.87 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.87 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.87 ↓ -91%
Signature Advantage MCR $4.92 ↓ -91%
Ambetter CORE $5.01 ↓ -90%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.10 ↓ -90%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.34 ↓ -90%
BCBS NetworkP $6.32 ↓ -88%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.68 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.82 ↓ -87%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.82 ↓ -87%
Cigna NewBusiness $8.08 ↓ -84%
Cigna OAP $9.18 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $9.57 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $9.88 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $9.88 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $9.88 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $13.00 ↓ -75%
Oscar HIX $13.92 ↓ -73%
United OptionsPPO $14.51 ↓ -72%
BCBS TENNCARE $14.76 ↓ -72%
BCBS COVERKIDS $15.99 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $16.95 ↓ -67%
Humana BroadNetwork $18.56 ↓ -64%
Humana HumanaChoice $18.56 ↓ -64%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $18.56 ↓ -64%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $18.56 ↓ -64%
Centurion PRISON $21.42 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $23.40 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $26.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $26.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS BlueCare $27.51 ↓ -47%
Multiplan COMM $33.80 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $33.80 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $36.40 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $39.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $41.60 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $41.60 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $44.20 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $45.76 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $45.76 ↓ -12%

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