Application finger splntstatic 29130 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

$566.61

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.

$566.61

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.

$83.82 with BCBS vs $2,823.00 with United — 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 $83.82 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $96.32 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $104.31 ↓ -82%
Ambetter CORE $126.35 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $131.45 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $135.99 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $141.65 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $142.79 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $158.08 ↓ -72%
Aetna NewBusiness $158.65 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $162.05 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $184.71 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $186.98 ↓ -67%
United TENNCARE $224.00 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $254.97 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $283.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $283.31 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $368.30 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $368.30 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $396.63 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $424.96 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $453.29 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $453.29 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $481.62 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $498.62 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $498.62 ↓ -12%
BCBS TENNCARE $767.56 ↑ +35%
BCBS COVERKIDS $831.73 ↑ +47%
BCBS BlueCare $990.00 ↑ +75%
Oscar HIX $990.00 ↑ +75%
United CorePayer $2,117.00 ↑ +274%
United HeritageSelect $2,258.00 ↑ +299%
Apex Health MCR $2,550.00 ↑ +350%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2,550.00 ↑ +350%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2,550.00 ↑ +350%
Humana HumanaChoice $2,569.00 ↑ +353%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $2,569.00 ↑ +353%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $2,569.00 ↑ +353%
Humana BroadNetwork $2,569.00 ↑ +353%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,823.00 ↑ +398%

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