Cta abdomen without & /or w/contrast 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.

$335.84 with Humana vs $12,062.16 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
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $335.84
Humana BroadNetwork $335.84
Humana HumanaChoice $335.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $335.84
United CorePayer $341.20
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20
United HeritageSelect $341.20
BCBS TENNCARE $345.37
BCBS COVERKIDS $374.36
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25
Aetna COMM $459.25
BCBS BlueCare $642.44
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $2,523.46
Apex Health MCR $2,604.33
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2,604.33
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2,604.33
Humana TRICARE $3,426.75
United OptionsPPO $3,824.25
Cigna PPO $4,468.48
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6,168.15
Aetna NAP $6,853.50
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $6,853.50
Humana BH COMM $8,909.55
Multiplan COMM $8,909.55
Employers Health Network COMM $9,594.90
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $10,965.60
ComPsych COMM $10,965.60
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $11,650.95
Prime Health COMMPPO $12,062.16
Beech Street COMM $12,062.16

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Cta abdomen without & /or w/contrast at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $856.64 $153.44 – $804.85
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,710.88 $184.04 – $4,046.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1,022.58 $141.42 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,444.94 $184.04 – $4,046.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $587.70 $163.67 – $501.36
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,479.80 $151.23 – $804.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,479.80 $151.23 – $804.85
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,409.33 $151.23 – $804.85

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →