Compatibility test incubate 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

$95.04

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.

$95.04

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.

$16.16 with Bright Health vs $149.16 with United — 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
Bright Health HIX $16.16 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $17.39 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $17.50 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $18.06 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $18.06 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $18.06 ↓ -81%
BCBS NetworkP $19.94 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $21.19 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $22.05 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $22.81 ↓ -76%
Aetna NewBusiness $23.26 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $23.26 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $23.76 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $26.52 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $30.98 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $39.16 ↓ -59%
Cigna NewBusiness $39.22 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $42.77 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $44.54 ↓ -53%
Aetna NAP $47.52 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $47.52 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $61.78 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $61.78 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $66.53 ↓ -30%
BCBS TENNCARE $68.45 ↓ -28%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $71.28 ↓ -25%
BCBS COVERKIDS $74.19 ↓ -22%
ComPsych COMM $76.03 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $76.03 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $80.78 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $83.64 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $83.64 ↓ -12%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $113.60 ↑ +20%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $113.60 ↑ +20%
Humana HumanaChoice $113.60 ↑ +20%
Humana BroadNetwork $113.60 ↑ +20%
BCBS BlueCare $127.62 ↑ +34%
United CorePayer $149.16 ↑ +57%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↑ +57%
United HeritageSelect $149.16 ↑ +57%

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Compatibility test incubate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $61.64 $31.31 – $312.94
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $48.60 $31.31 – $312.94
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE $1,257.54 $19.94 – $149.16
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON $302.12 $19.94 – $149.16
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD $556.20 $19.94 – $149.16
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $873.30 $19.94 – $149.16
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH $521.84 $19.94 – $149.16
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna $651.68 $19.94 – $149.16

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