Artery x-rays spine at SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER
100 SUMMIT BLVD, MT JULIET, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1982650024
$6,734.06
Cash price 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.
$6,734.06
Gross charge 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.
$123.14 with BCBS vs $5,925.97 with Beech Street — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | NetworkP | $123.14 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $334.13 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMM | $334.13 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $429.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $429.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $429.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $429.56 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $445.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | OAP | $506.16 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $510.18 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $552.99 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $949.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $1,239.74 | ↓ -82% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $1,279.47 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $1,279.47 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $1,279.47 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $1,683.52 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,878.80 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,195.30 | ↓ -67% |
| Centurion | PRISON | $2,774.43 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,030.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NAP | $3,367.03 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $3,367.03 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana BH | COMM | $4,377.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $4,377.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $4,713.84 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $5,050.55 | ↓ -25% |
| ComPsych | COMM | $5,387.25 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMM | $5,387.25 | ↓ -20% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $5,723.95 | ↓ -15% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5,757.70 | ↓ -14% |
| United | CorePayer | $5,757.70 | ↓ -14% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $5,757.70 | ↓ -14% |
| Prime Health | COMMPPO | $5,925.97 | ↓ -12% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $5,925.97 | ↓ -12% |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $994.49 | $148.27 – $7,353.90 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $5,524.55 | $221.14 – $13,064.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $7,894.88 | $221.14 – $13,064.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $1,357.80 | $254.18 – $11,319.56 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $994.49 | $148.27 – $7,353.90 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $1,357.80 | $224.00 – $11,319.56 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $1,357.80 | $224.00 – $11,507.70 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $1,357.80 | $254.18 – $11,013.95 |