Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each 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

$41.68

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.

$41.68

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.

$3.64 with Wellpoint vs $73.06 with BCBS — 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 $3.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $6.42 ↓ -85%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.42 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $7.67 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $7.92 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $7.92 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $7.92 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $8.08 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.08 ↓ -81%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $8.08 ↓ -81%
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.08 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.08 ↓ -81%
United HeritageSelect $8.08 ↓ -81%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.08 ↓ -81%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.08 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.08 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring DualEligible $8.08 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.08 ↓ -81%
Bright Health HIX $8.08 ↓ -81%
United VACCN $8.08 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.08 ↓ -81%
United CorePayer $8.08 ↓ -81%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.16 ↓ -80%
United MGMCR $8.24 ↓ -80%
BCBS MCR $8.32 ↓ -80%
WellCare MCR $8.32 ↓ -80%
Zing MGMCR $8.32 ↓ -80%
Ambetter Select $8.40 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.48 ↓ -80%
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.48 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.48 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.48 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.48 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.48 ↓ -80%
Signature Advantage MCR $8.56 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $8.72 ↓ -79%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.89 ↓ -79%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.29 ↓ -78%
Humana TRICARE $10.42 ↓ -75%
BCBS NetworkP $11.03 ↓ -74%
United OptionsPPO $11.63 ↓ -72%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.64 ↓ -72%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.88 ↓ -71%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.88 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $13.59 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $14.43 ↓ -65%
Cigna OAP $16.38 ↓ -61%
Centurion PRISON $17.17 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $18.76 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $20.84 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $20.84 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $24.24 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMM $27.09 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $27.09 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $29.18 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $31.26 ↓ -25%
Humana BroadNetwork $32.32 ↓ -22%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.32 ↓ -22%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.32 ↓ -22%
Humana HumanaChoice $32.32 ↓ -22%
ComPsych COMM $33.34 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $33.34 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $35.43 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $36.68 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $36.68 ↓ -12%
BCBS TENNCARE $39.18 ↓ -6%
BCBS COVERKIDS $42.47 ↑ +2%
BCBS BlueCare $73.06 ↑ +75%

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Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $54.47 $2.91 – $31.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $93.54 $7.18 – $221.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $66.70 $7.03 – $16.16
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $133.67 $7.18 – $221.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $14.25 $4.04 – $17.61
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $54.47 $5.67 – $33.65
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $54.47 $5.67 – $37.92
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $54.47 $5.67 – $48.03

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