Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$214.00

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$214.00

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.

$4.45 with Wellpoint vs $188.32 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 $4.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.87 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $7.87 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.89 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.89 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $9.89 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring DualEligible $9.89 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.89 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $9.89 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.89 ↓ -95%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $9.89 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $9.89 ↓ -95%
United VACCN $9.89 ↓ -95%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.89 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.89 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $9.89 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.99 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.99 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.99 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $10.09 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $10.19 ↓ -95%
WellCare MCR $10.19 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $10.19 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $10.29 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.38 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.38 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.38 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.38 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.38 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.38 ↓ -95%
Signature Advantage MCR $10.48 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $10.68 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.88 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.37 ↓ -95%
BCBS NetworkP $13.48 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.24 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $14.54 ↓ -93%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.54 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $17.87 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $20.29 ↓ -91%
BCBS TENNCARE $29.51 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $29.67 ↓ -86%
BCBS COVERKIDS $31.99 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $39.40 ↓ -82%
Humana HumanaChoice $39.56 ↓ -82%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $39.56 ↓ -82%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $39.56 ↓ -82%
Humana BroadNetwork $39.56 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $40.66 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $40.66 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $40.66 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $53.50 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueCare $55.03 ↓ -74%
United OptionsPPO $59.71 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $69.76 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $88.17 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $96.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $107.00 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $107.00 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $139.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $139.10 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $149.80 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $160.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $171.20 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $171.20 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $181.90 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $188.32 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $188.32 ↓ -12%

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $89.33 $3.56 – $38.38
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.91 $8.78 – $51.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $39.56 $8.60 – $19.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $31.31 $8.78 – $51.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $17.40 $4.95 – $21.56
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $89.33 $6.93 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $89.33 $6.93 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $89.33 $6.93 – $38.38

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