Brace back t-lso custom at SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER
100 SUMMIT BLVD, MT JULIET, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1982650024
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Cash price 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 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.
$1,949.94 with Wellpoint vs $3,184.90 with NovaNET — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $1,949.94 | — |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $2,166.60 | — |
| HealthSpring | DualEligible | $2,166.60 | — |
| HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $2,166.60 | — |
| HealthSpring | MCRPOS | $2,166.60 | — |
| HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $2,166.60 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $2,166.60 | — |
| United | VACCN | $2,166.60 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $2,166.60 | — |
| Sarah Cannon Research | COMM | $2,166.60 | — |
| Odyssey Healthcare | COMM | $2,166.60 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $2,188.27 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $2,188.27 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $2,188.27 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $2,209.93 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $2,231.60 | — |
| Zing | MGMCR | $2,231.60 | — |
| BCBS | MCR | $2,231.60 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $2,274.93 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $2,274.93 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $2,274.93 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $2,274.93 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $2,274.93 | — |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $2,274.93 | — |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $2,296.60 | — |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $2,383.26 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $2,491.59 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $3,119.90 | — |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $3,184.90 | — |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $3,184.90 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brace back t-lso custom at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $2,251.86 | $1,078.63 – $6,755.58 |
| Roane County Medical Center | Harriman | $3,995.36 | $2,166.60 – $10,896.44 |
| LeConte Medical Center | Sevierville | $3,240.47 | $2,346.55 – $10,056.64 |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center | Lenoir City | $3,687.44 | $2,166.60 – $10,056.64 |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $3,687.44 | $2,166.60 – $10,056.64 |
| Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge | Oak Ridge | $3,687.44 | $2,166.60 – $10,056.64 |
| CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY | Ashland City | not published | $2,166.60 – $3,184.90 |
| HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER | HENDERSONVILLE | not published | $2,101.60 – $3,184.90 |