Aluminum - quest 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

$250.00

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.

$250.00

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.

$11.47 with Wellpoint vs $220.00 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 $11.47 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $20.26 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $20.26 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $25.48 ↓ -90%
Bright Health SmallGroup $25.48 ↓ -90%
Bright Health HIX $25.48 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -90%
HealthSpring DualEligible $25.48 ↓ -90%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $25.48 ↓ -90%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $25.48 ↓ -90%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $25.48 ↓ -90%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $25.48 ↓ -90%
United HeritageSelect $25.48 ↓ -90%
United VACCN $25.48 ↓ -90%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $25.48 ↓ -90%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $25.48 ↓ -90%
United CorePayer $25.48 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $25.73 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $25.73 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $25.73 ↓ -90%
United MGMCR $25.99 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCR $26.24 ↓ -90%
WellCare MCR $26.24 ↓ -90%
Zing MGMCR $26.24 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Select $26.50 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $26.75 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $26.75 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $26.75 ↓ -89%
Evergreen HMO MCR $26.75 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $26.75 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $26.75 ↓ -89%
Signature Advantage MCR $27.01 ↓ -89%
Ambetter CORE $27.52 ↓ -89%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $28.03 ↓ -89%
BCBS NetworkP $28.19 ↓ -89%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $29.30 ↓ -88%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $36.69 ↓ -85%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $37.46 ↓ -85%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $37.46 ↓ -85%
Cigna NewBusiness $45.57 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $46.02 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $47.50 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $47.50 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $47.50 ↓ -81%
Cigna OAP $51.75 ↓ -79%
BCBS TENNCARE $52.87 ↓ -79%
BCBS COVERKIDS $57.30 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $62.50 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $69.75 ↓ -72%
Oscar HIX $76.44 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $81.50 ↓ -67%
BCBS BlueCare $98.58 ↓ -61%
Humana BroadNetwork $101.92 ↓ -59%
Humana HumanaChoice $101.92 ↓ -59%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $101.92 ↓ -59%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $101.92 ↓ -59%
Centurion PRISON $103.00 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $112.50 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $125.00 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $125.00 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $162.50 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $162.50 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $175.00 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $187.50 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $200.00 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $200.00 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $212.50 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $220.00 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $220.00 ↓ -12%

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