Assay of intrinsic factor 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.

$8.92 with Wellpoint vs $90.31 with BCBS — 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 $8.92
Aetna COMM $15.76
Aetna NewBusiness $15.76
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $19.82
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $19.82
Bright Health SmallGroup $19.82
Bright Health HIX $19.82
HealthSpring DualEligible $19.82
HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.82
HealthSpring MCRPOS $19.82
HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.82
United CorePayer $19.82
United HeritageSelect $19.82
Devoted Health Plan MCR $19.82
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $19.82
United VACCN $19.82
United AllPayerAppendix $19.82
Amerigroup MGMCR $19.82
Aetna MGMCRHMO $20.02
Aetna MGMCRPPO $20.02
Aetna MGMCRSNP $20.02
United MGMCR $20.22
WellCare MCR $20.41
Zing MGMCR $20.41
BCBS MCR $20.41
Ambetter Select $20.61
Evergreen HMO MCR $20.81
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $20.81
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $20.81
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $20.81
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $20.81
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $20.81
Signature Advantage MCR $21.01
Ambetter CORE $21.40
BCBS NetworkP $21.70
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $21.80
Bright Health MCRNarrow $22.79
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $28.54
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.14
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $29.14
Cigna NewBusiness $35.18
Cigna OAP $39.96
BCBS TENNCARE $48.44
BCBS COVERKIDS $52.50
Oscar HIX $59.46
Humana BroadNetwork $79.28
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $79.28
Humana HumanaChoice $79.28
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $79.28
BCBS BlueCare $90.31

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Assay of intrinsic factor at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $7.14 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $11.16 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $11.16 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $11.16 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $17.84 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $17.84 – $62.08
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $8.92 – $59.46
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $8.92 – $59.46

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