Amino acids quant 2-5 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.

$8.00 with BCBS vs $78.44 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
BCBS NetworkP $8.00
Wellpoint MGMCD $8.82
Aetna NewBusiness $15.59
Aetna COMM $15.59
BCBS TENNCARE $15.86
BCBS COVERKIDS $17.19
Devoted Health Plan MCR $19.61
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $19.61
HealthSpring DualEligible $19.61
HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.61
HealthSpring MCRPOS $19.61
HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.61
United VACCN $19.61
United AllPayerAppendix $19.61
United CorePayer $19.61
United HeritageSelect $19.61
Amerigroup MGMCR $19.61
Bright Health HIX $19.61
Bright Health SmallGroup $19.61
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $19.61
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $19.61
Aetna MGMCRSNP $19.81
Aetna MGMCRPPO $19.81
Aetna MGMCRHMO $19.81
United MGMCR $20.00
Zing MGMCR $20.20
BCBS MCR $20.20
WellCare MCR $20.20
Ambetter Select $20.39
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $20.59
Evergreen HMO MCR $20.59
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $20.59
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $20.59
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $20.59
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $20.59
Signature Advantage MCR $20.79
Ambetter CORE $21.18
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $21.57
Bright Health MCRNarrow $22.55
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $28.24
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.83
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $28.83
BCBS BlueCare $29.56
Cigna NewBusiness $35.18
Cigna OAP $39.96
Oscar HIX $58.83
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $78.44
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $78.44
Humana BroadNetwork $78.44
Humana HumanaChoice $78.44

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Amino acids quant 2-5 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $91.98 $8.82 – $131.40
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $48.18 $8.82 – $131.40
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $48.18 $8.82 – $131.40
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $48.18 $8.82 – $131.40
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $48.18 $8.82 – $131.40
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $43.80 $8.82 – $131.40
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $7.06 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $10.23 – $65.46

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