Blood count spun microhematocrit 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.

$3.15 with Wellpoint vs $32.02 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 $3.15
BCBS NetworkP $3.23
Aetna COMM $5.57
Aetna NewBusiness $5.57
Bright Health SmallGroup $7.00
Bright Health HIX $7.00
HealthSpring DualEligible $7.00
HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.00
HealthSpring MCRPOS $7.00
HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.00
Devoted Health Plan MCR $7.00
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $7.00
Amerigroup MGMCR $7.00
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $7.00
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $7.00
United VACCN $7.00
United AllPayerAppendix $7.00
United CorePayer $7.00
United HeritageSelect $7.00
Aetna MGMCRPPO $7.07
Aetna MGMCRSNP $7.07
Aetna MGMCRHMO $7.07
United MGMCR $7.14
Zing MGMCR $7.21
WellCare MCR $7.21
BCBS MCR $7.21
Ambetter Select $7.28
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.35
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.35
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.35
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.35
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.35
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.35
Signature Advantage MCR $7.42
Ambetter CORE $7.56
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.70
Bright Health MCRNarrow $8.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $10.08
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.29
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $10.29
Cigna NewBusiness $12.70
Cigna OAP $14.42
BCBS TENNCARE $17.17
BCBS COVERKIDS $18.61
Oscar HIX $21.00
Humana BroadNetwork $28.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $28.00
Humana HumanaChoice $28.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $28.00
BCBS BlueCare $32.02

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Blood count spun microhematocrit at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $2.10 $2.31 – $15.26
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $18.45 $1.66 – $21.44
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $1.84 $1.68 – $8.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $2.10 $1.21 – $15.26
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $2.10 $2.01 – $15.26
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $2.10 $2.31 – $15.26
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $2.10 $2.01 – $15.26
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $10.50 $5.07 – $14.00

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