Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm 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.

$191.79 with Cigna vs $1,600.72 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
Cigna NewBusiness $191.79
Cigna OAP $218.08
Aetna MGMCRHMO $272.85
Aetna MGMCRPPO $272.85
Aetna MGMCRSNP $272.85
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $334.88
United HeritageSelect $336.92
United AllPayerAppendix $336.92
United CorePayer $336.92
BCBS NetworkP $418.37
Ambetter Select $422.01
Humana TRICARE $454.75
United OptionsPPO $507.50
Cigna PPO $592.99
Centurion PRISON $749.43
United GlobalBenefitPlan $818.55
Aetna NAP $909.50
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $909.50
Signature Advantage MCR $909.50
Multiplan COMM $1,182.35
Humana BH COMM $1,182.35
Employers Health Network COMM $1,273.30
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,364.25
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,455.20
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,546.15
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,600.72
Beech Street COMM $1,600.72

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Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $391.17 $118.53 – $332.54
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $304.95 $1.00 – $253.15
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $386.03 $118.53 – $332.54
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $342.47 $191.00 – $191.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $304.95 $1.00 – $253.15
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $304.95 $1.00 – $257.36
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $304.95 $0.88 – $246.32
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $304.95 $1.00 – $257.36

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →