Creatine - sendout at SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS

3441 DICKERSON PIKE, NASHVILLE, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1295780476

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 12, 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.

$2.09 with Wellpoint vs $27.51 with BCBS — 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
Aetna COMM $3.69
Aetna NewBusiness $3.69
Alive Hospice COMM $4.64
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4.64
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.64
Bright Health HIX $4.64
HealthSpring DualEligible $4.64
HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.64
HealthSpring MCRPOS $4.64
HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.64
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.64
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $4.64
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.64
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.64
United VACCN $4.64
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64
United CorePayer $4.64
United HeritageSelect $4.64
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.69
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.69
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.69
United MGMCR $4.73
Zing MGMCR $4.78
WellCare MCR $4.78
BCBS MCR $4.78
Ambetter Select $4.83
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.87
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.87
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.87
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.87
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.87
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.87
Signature Advantage MCR $4.92
Ambetter CORE $5.01
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.10
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.34
BCBS NetworkP $6.32
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.68
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.82
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.82
Cigna NewBusiness $8.08
Cigna OAP $9.18
BCBS TENNCARE $13.80
Oscar HIX $13.92
BCBS COVERKIDS $14.95
Humana HumanaChoice $18.56
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $18.56
Humana BroadNetwork $18.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $18.56
BCBS BlueCare $27.51

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Creatine - sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $1.67 – $18.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $26.64 $4.12 – $63.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $116.38 $4.04 – $9.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $38.07 $4.12 – $63.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $8.10 $2.32 – $10.12
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $8.05 $3.28 – $10.10
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $8.10 $2.09 – $10.12
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $8.10 $2.32 – $11.14

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