Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout 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.

$93.29 with Wellpoint vs $829.24 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $93.29
BCBS TENNCARE $154.89
Aetna COMM $164.81
Aetna NewBusiness $164.81
BCBS COVERKIDS $167.88
HealthSpring MCRPPO $207.31
Devoted Health Plan MCR $207.31
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $207.31
HealthSpring DualEligible $207.31
HealthSpring MCRHMO $207.31
HealthSpring MCRPOS $207.31
United VACCN $207.31
United AllPayerAppendix $207.31
United CorePayer $207.31
United HeritageSelect $207.31
Amerigroup MGMCR $207.31
Bright Health HIX $207.31
Bright Health SmallGroup $207.31
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $207.31
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $207.31
Aetna MGMCRHMO $209.38
Aetna MGMCRSNP $209.38
Aetna MGMCRPPO $209.38
United MGMCR $211.46
Zing MGMCR $213.53
WellCare MCR $213.53
BCBS MCR $213.53
Ambetter Select $215.61
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $217.68
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $217.68
Evergreen HMO MCR $217.68
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $217.68
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $217.68
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $217.68
Signature Advantage MCR $219.75
Ambetter CORE $223.90
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $228.04
Bright Health MCRNarrow $238.41
BCBS NetworkP $282.83
BCBS BlueCare $288.80
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $298.53
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $304.75
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $304.75
Cigna NewBusiness $369.70
Cigna OAP $419.86
Oscar HIX $621.93
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $829.24
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $829.24
Humana BroadNetwork $829.24
Humana HumanaChoice $829.24

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Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $429.53 $74.63 – $802.56
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $363.00 $103.66 – $451.94
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $429.53 $99.93 – $802.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $429.53 $99.93 – $802.56
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $429.53 $140.01 – $802.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $429.53 $99.93 – $802.56
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $356.27 $115.92 – $456.89
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $363.00 $93.29 – $451.94

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