Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique 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.

$23.48 with BCBS vs $165.44 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 NetworkP $23.48
Aetna NewBusiness $27.46
Aetna COMM $27.46
Bright Health HIX $31.96
Oscar HIX $34.40
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $34.61
Apex Health MCR $35.72
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $35.72
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $35.72
BCBS TENNCARE $39.29
Ambetter CORE $41.92
BCBS COVERKIDS $42.59
Ambetter Select $43.62
Bright Health SmallGroup $45.12
Cigna NewBusiness $46.73
Humana TRICARE $47.00
United OptionsPPO $52.45
Cigna OAP $53.06
Cigna PPO $61.29
BCBS BlueCare $73.26
Centurion PRISON $77.46
United GlobalBenefitPlan $84.60
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $94.00
Aetna NAP $94.00
Humana BH COMM $122.20
Multiplan COMM $122.20
Employers Health Network COMM $131.60
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $134.60
Humana BroadNetwork $134.60
Humana HumanaChoice $134.60
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $134.60
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $141.00
United HeritageSelect $149.16
United CorePayer $149.16
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
ComPsych COMM $150.40
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $150.40
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $159.80
Prime Health COMMPPO $165.44
Beech Street COMM $165.44

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Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $68.00 $25.35 – $229.75
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $119.00 $37.73 – $281.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $133.86 $25.35 – $312.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $170.05 $37.73 – $281.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $62.25 $15.75 – $346.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $68.00 $12.32 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $68.00 $12.32 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $67.97 $12.32 – $226.45

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →