88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site 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

$71.38

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.

$71.38

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.

$10.71 with Aetna vs $69.12 with Humana — 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 MGMCRPPO $10.71 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.71 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.71 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $12.13 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $13.06 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $13.14 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $13.56 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $13.56 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $13.56 ↓ -81%
BCBS TENNCARE $14.86 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $15.92 ↓ -78%
BCBS COVERKIDS $16.11 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $16.56 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $17.13 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $17.84 ↓ -75%
United CorePayer $19.19 ↓ -73%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.19 ↓ -73%
United HeritageSelect $19.19 ↓ -73%
United OptionsPPO $19.92 ↓ -72%
BCBS NetworkP $23.03 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $23.27 ↓ -67%
BCBS BlueCare $27.72 ↓ -61%
Centurion PRISON $29.41 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $32.12 ↓ -55%
Cigna NewBusiness $33.45 ↓ -53%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $35.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $35.69 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $35.69 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP $37.99 ↓ -47%
Aetna COMM $42.65 ↓ -40%
Aetna NewBusiness $42.65 ↓ -40%
Multiplan COMM $46.40 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $46.40 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $49.97 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $53.53 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $57.10 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $57.10 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $60.67 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $62.81 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $62.81 ↓ -12%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $69.12 ↓ -3%
Humana BroadNetwork $69.12 ↓ -3%
Humana HumanaChoice $69.12 ↓ -3%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $69.12 ↓ -3%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $10.79 $9.59 – $50.81
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $22.50 $14.27 – $53.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.49 $9.59 – $42.39
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $32.15 $14.27 – $53.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $29.55 $11.12 – $126.37
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $10.79 $8.45 – $50.81
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $10.79 $8.45 – $50.81
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $10.79 $8.45 – $50.81

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