Artery x-rays lung 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.

$98.54 with BCBS vs $1,327.01 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 $98.54
Aetna COMM $189.13
Aetna NewBusiness $189.13
Humana BroadNetwork $206.48
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $206.48
Humana HumanaChoice $206.48
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $206.48
Cigna NewBusiness $265.81
Cigna OAP $301.92
BCBS TENNCARE $510.18
BCBS COVERKIDS $552.99
BCBS BlueCare $949.01
United HeritageSelect $1,327.01
United CorePayer $1,327.01
United AllPayerAppendix $1,327.01

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Artery x-rays lung at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $780.50 $118.65 – $2,609.81
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,657.31 $176.97 – $3,919.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,368.38 $176.97 – $3,919.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $492.60 $155.47 – $6,423.11
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $780.50 $118.65 – $2,609.81
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $492.60 $155.47 – $6,423.11
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $492.60 $155.47 – $6,529.86
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $492.60 $155.47 – $6,249.69

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →