Assay of osteocalcin 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

$149.00

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.

$149.00

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.

$13.43 with Wellpoint vs $131.12 with Prime Health — 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 $13.43 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $23.73 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $23.73 ↓ -84%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $27.43 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $28.31 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $28.31 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $28.31 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $29.85 ↓ -80%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.85 ↓ -80%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $29.85 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $29.85 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup MGMCR $29.85 ↓ -80%
United HeritageSelect $29.85 ↓ -80%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $29.85 ↓ -80%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $29.85 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $29.85 ↓ -80%
HealthSpring DualEligible $29.85 ↓ -80%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.85 ↓ -80%
Bright Health HIX $29.85 ↓ -80%
United VACCN $29.85 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.85 ↓ -80%
United CorePayer $29.85 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $30.15 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $30.15 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $30.15 ↓ -80%
United MGMCR $30.45 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCR $30.75 ↓ -79%
WellCare MCR $30.75 ↓ -79%
Zing MGMCR $30.75 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Select $31.04 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $31.34 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $31.34 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $31.34 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $31.34 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $31.34 ↓ -79%
Evergreen HMO MCR $31.34 ↓ -79%
Signature Advantage MCR $31.64 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $32.24 ↓ -78%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $32.84 ↓ -78%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $34.33 ↓ -77%
BCBS TENNCARE $35.20 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $37.25 ↓ -75%
BCBS COVERKIDS $38.15 ↓ -74%
BCBS NetworkP $38.85 ↓ -74%
United OptionsPPO $41.57 ↓ -72%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $42.98 ↓ -71%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $43.88 ↓ -71%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $43.88 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $48.57 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $53.05 ↓ -64%
Cigna OAP $60.25 ↓ -60%
Centurion PRISON $61.39 ↓ -59%
BCBS BlueCare $65.63 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $67.05 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $74.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $74.50 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $89.55 ↓ -40%
Multiplan COMM $96.85 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $96.85 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $104.30 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $111.75 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $119.20 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $119.20 ↓ -20%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $119.40 ↓ -20%
Humana HumanaChoice $119.40 ↓ -20%
Humana BroadNetwork $119.40 ↓ -20%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $119.40 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $126.65 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $131.12 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $131.12 ↓ -12%

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Assay of osteocalcin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $49.44 $26.52 – $116.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $70.65 $26.52 – $116.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.60 $14.93 – $65.07
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $30.13 $21.14 – $65.68
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $30.60 $13.43 – $65.07
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $30.60 $14.93 – $71.64
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $30.60 $14.93 – $65.07
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $30.60 $14.93 – $71.64

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