Assay of endocrine hormone 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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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.

$32.05 with Wellpoint vs $284.92 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 $32.05
Aetna COMM $56.63
Aetna NewBusiness $56.63
BCBS NetworkP $67.42
Bright Health SmallGroup $71.23
Bright Health HIX $71.23
HealthSpring DualEligible $71.23
HealthSpring MCRHMO $71.23
HealthSpring MCRPOS $71.23
HealthSpring MCRPPO $71.23
Devoted Health Plan MCR $71.23
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $71.23
Amerigroup MGMCR $71.23
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $71.23
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $71.23
United VACCN $71.23
United AllPayerAppendix $71.23
United CorePayer $71.23
United HeritageSelect $71.23
Aetna MGMCRPPO $71.94
Aetna MGMCRSNP $71.94
Aetna MGMCRHMO $71.94
United MGMCR $72.65
Zing MGMCR $73.37
WellCare MCR $73.37
BCBS MCR $73.37
Ambetter Select $74.08
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $74.79
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $74.79
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $74.79
Evergreen HMO MCR $74.79
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $74.79
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $74.79
Signature Advantage MCR $75.50
Ambetter CORE $76.93
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $78.35
Bright Health MCRNarrow $81.91
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $102.57
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $104.71
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $104.71
BCBS TENNCARE $126.48
Cigna NewBusiness $126.88
BCBS COVERKIDS $137.09
Cigna OAP $144.10
Oscar HIX $213.69
BCBS BlueCare $235.82
Humana BroadNetwork $284.92
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $284.92
Humana HumanaChoice $284.92
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $284.92

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Assay of endocrine hormone at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell $36.68 $32.05 – $128.93
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $25.64 – $223.49
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $36.70 – $223.49
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $36.70 – $223.49
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $36.70 – $223.49
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $64.11 – $223.49
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $64.11 – $223.49
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $32.05 – $213.69

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