Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$303.00

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.

$303.00

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.

$1.71 with Wellpoint vs $266.64 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 $1.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.02 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $3.02 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $3.80 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $3.80 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $3.80 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring DualEligible $3.80 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.80 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $3.80 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.80 ↓ -99%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $3.80 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $3.80 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $3.80 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $3.80 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $3.80 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $3.80 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.80 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $3.84 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $3.84 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $3.84 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $3.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $3.91 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $3.91 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $3.91 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $3.95 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $3.99 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $3.99 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $3.99 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $3.99 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $3.99 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $3.99 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $4.03 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $4.11 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.18 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.37 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $4.69 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $5.47 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $5.59 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.59 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $6.93 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $7.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $10.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $11.37 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $11.40 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $15.20 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $15.20 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $15.20 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoice $15.20 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $19.57 ↓ -94%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $55.78 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $57.57 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $57.57 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $57.57 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $75.75 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $84.54 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $98.78 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $124.84 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $136.35 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $151.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $151.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $196.95 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $196.95 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $212.10 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $227.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $242.40 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $242.40 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $257.55 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $266.64 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $266.64 ↓ -12%

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