Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$703.00

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.

$703.00

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.

$4.11 with BCBS vs $618.64 with Prime Health — 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 $4.11 ↓ -99%
Wellpoint MGMCD $4.25 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $4.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $7.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.50 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueCare $7.66 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring DualEligible $9.44 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.44 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $9.44 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.44 ↓ -99%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $9.44 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $9.44 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $9.44 ↓ -99%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $9.44 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.44 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.44 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.44 ↓ -99%
United VACCN $9.44 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $9.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.53 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.53 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.53 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.63 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $9.72 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $9.72 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $9.72 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $9.81 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.91 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.91 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.91 ↓ -99%
Signature Advantage MCR $10.01 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $10.19 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.38 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $12.88 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13.59 ↓ -98%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.88 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $13.88 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $16.72 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $18.98 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $28.32 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $37.76 ↓ -95%
Humana BroadNetwork $37.76 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $37.76 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoice $37.76 ↓ -95%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $129.42 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $133.57 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $133.57 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $133.57 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $175.75 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $196.14 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $229.18 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $289.64 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $316.35 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $351.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $351.50 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $456.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $456.95 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $492.10 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $527.25 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $562.40 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $562.40 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $597.55 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $618.64 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $618.64 ↓ -12%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $105.90 $2.65 – $36.12
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62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $37.95 $2.65 – $18.88
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Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $16.50 $3.07 – $20.58
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Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $105.90 $2.65 – $36.12
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $105.90 $3.96 – $36.12

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