Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct 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

$1,857.07

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.

$1,857.07

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.

$141.34 with BCBS vs $1,634.22 with Beech Street — 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
BCBS TENNCARE $141.34 ↓ -92%
BCBS COVERKIDS $153.20 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueCare $263.54 ↓ -86%
Bright Health HIX $315.70 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $339.84 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $341.89 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $352.84 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $352.84 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $414.13 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $427.13 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $430.84 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $445.70 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $464.27 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $467.98 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $518.12 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $531.12 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $605.40 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $765.11 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $835.68 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $928.53 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $928.53 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,207.10 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $1,207.10 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,299.95 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,392.80 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $1,485.66 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,485.66 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,578.51 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,634.22 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,634.22 ↓ -12%
Aetna NewBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna COMM not published by hospital

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Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $527.49 $91.19 – $444.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $259.89 $106.00 – $614.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $371.40 $106.00 – $614.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $221.55 $105.78 – $671.93
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $527.49 $91.19 – $444.72
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $221.55 $74.80 – $706.01
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $221.55 $105.78 – $752.03
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $221.55 $128.58 – $706.01

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