Cannula nasal 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.

$0.94 with Wellpoint vs $1.53 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 $0.94
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $1.04
HealthSpring DualEligible $1.04
HealthSpring MCRHMO $1.04
HealthSpring MCRPOS $1.04
HealthSpring MCRPPO $1.04
Devoted Health Plan MCR $1.04
United VACCN $1.04
Amerigroup MGMCR $1.04
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $1.04
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $1.04
Aetna MGMCRPPO $1.05
Aetna MGMCRHMO $1.05
Aetna MGMCRSNP $1.05
United MGMCR $1.06
WellCare MCR $1.07
Zing MGMCR $1.07
BCBS MCR $1.07
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $1.09
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $1.09
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $1.09
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $1.09
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $1.09
Evergreen HMO MCR $1.09
Signature Advantage MCR $1.10
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1.14
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1.20
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1.50
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1.53
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1.53

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Cannula nasal at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $1.04 – $1.53
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $1.01 – $1.53
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $0.94 – $1.53
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $0.75 – $1.53
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $0.75 – $1.53
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $0.94 – $1.53
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $0.75 – $1.09
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $1.04 – $1.09

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