Assay of silica 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.

$11.34 with Wellpoint vs $133.58 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 $11.34
Aetna COMM $20.04
Aetna NewBusiness $20.04
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $25.21
Bright Health SmallGroup $25.21
Bright Health HIX $25.21
HealthSpring DualEligible $25.21
HealthSpring MCRHMO $25.21
HealthSpring MCRPOS $25.21
HealthSpring MCRPPO $25.21
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $25.21
United HeritageSelect $25.21
Amerigroup MGMCR $25.21
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $25.21
United VACCN $25.21
United AllPayerAppendix $25.21
United CorePayer $25.21
Devoted Health Plan MCR $25.21
Aetna MGMCRHMO $25.46
Aetna MGMCRPPO $25.46
Aetna MGMCRSNP $25.46
United MGMCR $25.71
Zing MGMCR $25.97
WellCare MCR $25.97
BCBS MCR $25.97
Ambetter Select $26.22
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $26.47
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $26.47
Evergreen HMO MCR $26.47
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $26.47
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $26.47
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $26.47
Signature Advantage MCR $26.72
Ambetter CORE $27.22
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $27.73
Bright Health MCRNarrow $28.99
BCBS NetworkP $32.12
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $36.30
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $37.06
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $37.06
Cigna NewBusiness $44.99
Cigna OAP $51.10
BCBS TENNCARE $71.64
Oscar HIX $75.63
BCBS COVERKIDS $77.65
Humana HumanaChoice $100.84
Humana BroadNetwork $100.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $100.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $100.84
BCBS BlueCare $133.58

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Assay of silica at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $9.08 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $16.51 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $16.51 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $16.51 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $22.69 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $22.69 – $91.42
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $11.34 – $75.63
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $11.34 – $75.63

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