Cell cryopreserve/storage 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.

$5.88 with Wellpoint vs $52.28 with Humana — 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 $5.88
Aetna COMM $10.39
Aetna NewBusiness $10.39
BCBS NetworkP $11.11
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.07
Bright Health HIX $13.07
HealthSpring DualEligible $13.07
HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.07
HealthSpring MCRPOS $13.07
HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.07
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.07
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $13.07
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.07
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.07
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $13.07
United VACCN $13.07
United AllPayerAppendix $13.07
United CorePayer $13.07
United HeritageSelect $13.07
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.20
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.20
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.20
United MGMCR $13.33
Zing MGMCR $13.46
WellCare MCR $13.46
BCBS MCR $13.46
Ambetter Select $13.59
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.72
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.72
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.72
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.72
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.72
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.72
Signature Advantage MCR $13.85
Ambetter CORE $14.11
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.38
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.82
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.21
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $19.21
BCBS TENNCARE $22.03
Cigna NewBusiness $23.06
BCBS COVERKIDS $23.87
Cigna OAP $26.19
Oscar HIX $39.21
BCBS BlueCare $41.07
Humana BroadNetwork $52.28
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $52.28
Humana HumanaChoice $52.28
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $52.28

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Cell cryopreserve/storage at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $16.95 $5.15 – $28.49
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $16.95 $5.25 – $31.37
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $16.95 $5.10 – $31.37
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $16.95 $5.77 – $28.49
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $13.86 $5.88 – $23.66
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $7.26 $5.88 – $23.66
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $6.38 $5.88 – $23.66
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $7.26 $5.88 – $23.66

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →