Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution 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

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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.

$0.11 with Aetna vs $21.25 with United — 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
Aetna MGMCRHMO $0.11
Aetna MGMCRPPO $0.11
Aetna MGMCRSNP $0.11
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $0.14
Ambetter Select $0.17
Humana TRICARE $0.19
United OptionsPPO $0.21
Cigna PPO $0.24
Centurion PRISON $0.31
United GlobalBenefitPlan $0.34
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $0.38
Signature Advantage MCR $0.38
Humana BH COMM $0.49
Multiplan COMM $0.49
Employers Health Network COMM $0.53
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $0.56
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $0.60
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $0.64
Prime Health COMMPPO $0.66
Beech Street COMM $0.66
Cigna NewBusiness $9.40
BCBS NetworkP $9.95
Cigna OAP $10.69
United CorePayer $21.25
United AllPayerAppendix $21.25
United HeritageSelect $21.25

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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $48.26 $9.25 – $41.25
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $41.10 $7.39 – $55.45
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $61.67 $7.93 – $41.25
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $58.73 $7.39 – $55.45
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $24.08 $7.69 – $18.92
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $16.53 $9.25 – $41.25
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $16.53 $9.25 – $41.25
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $16.53 $9.25 – $41.25

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