Brace m arm board 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.

$253.07 with Wellpoint vs $413.35 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.

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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 $253.07
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $281.19
HealthSpring DualEligible $281.19
HealthSpring MCRHMO $281.19
HealthSpring MCRPOS $281.19
HealthSpring MCRPPO $281.19
Devoted Health Plan MCR $281.19
United VACCN $281.19
Amerigroup MGMCR $281.19
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $281.19
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $281.19
Aetna MGMCRPPO $284.00
Aetna MGMCRHMO $284.00
Aetna MGMCRSNP $284.00
United MGMCR $286.81
WellCare MCR $289.63
Zing MGMCR $289.63
BCBS MCR $289.63
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $295.25
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $295.25
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $295.25
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $295.25
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $295.25
Evergreen HMO MCR $295.25
Signature Advantage MCR $298.06
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $309.31
Bright Health MCRNarrow $323.37
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $404.91
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $413.35
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $413.35

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Brace m arm board at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $114.45 $126.33 – $126.33
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $42.42 $29.69 – $295.25
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $31.32 $22.68 – $97.20
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $35.64 $22.68 – $295.25
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $36.74 $22.68 – $295.25
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $281.19 – $413.35
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $272.75 – $413.35
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $253.07 – $413.35

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