Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma 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

$260.00

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.

$260.00

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.

$7.59 with Wellpoint vs $228.80 with Prime Health — 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 $7.59 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $8.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $13.41 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $13.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS TENNCARE $15.86 ↓ -94%
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.87 ↓ -94%
HealthSpring DualEligible $16.87 ↓ -94%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.87 ↓ -94%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $16.87 ↓ -94%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.87 ↓ -94%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $16.87 ↓ -94%
Bright Health HIX $16.87 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -94%
United CorePayer $16.87 ↓ -94%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $16.87 ↓ -94%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.87 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.87 ↓ -94%
United VACCN $16.87 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87 ↓ -94%
United HeritageSelect $16.87 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $17.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $17.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $17.04 ↓ -93%
BCBS COVERKIDS $17.19 ↓ -93%
United MGMCR $17.21 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCR $17.38 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCR $17.38 ↓ -93%
Zing MGMCR $17.38 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Select $17.54 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.71 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.71 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.71 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.71 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.71 ↓ -93%
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.71 ↓ -93%
Signature Advantage MCR $17.88 ↓ -93%
Ambetter CORE $18.22 ↓ -93%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.56 ↓ -93%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $19.40 ↓ -93%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.29 ↓ -91%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $24.80 ↓ -90%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $24.80 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueCare $29.56 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $29.99 ↓ -88%
Cigna OAP $34.06 ↓ -87%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $47.87 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $49.40 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $49.40 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $49.40 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $50.61 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $65.00 ↓ -75%
Humana HumanaChoice $67.48 ↓ -74%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $67.48 ↓ -74%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $67.48 ↓ -74%
Humana BroadNetwork $67.48 ↓ -74%
United OptionsPPO $72.54 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $84.76 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $107.12 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $117.00 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $130.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $130.00 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $169.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $169.00 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $182.00 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $195.00 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $208.00 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $208.00 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $221.00 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $228.80 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $228.80 ↓ -12%

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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $31.08 $14.08 – $73.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $44.42 $14.08 – $73.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.50 $8.44 – $36.78
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $28.06 $11.87 – $37.53
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $28.50 $7.59 – $36.78
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $28.50 $8.44 – $40.49
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $28.50 $8.44 – $36.78
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $28.50 $8.44 – $40.49

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