Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site 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

$58.76

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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.

$58.76

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.

$9.99 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 $9.99 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $10.75 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $10.82 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $11.16 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $11.16 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $11.16 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $13.10 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $13.63 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.10 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $14.69 ↓ -75%
BCBS TENNCARE $15.72 ↓ -73%
BCBS NetworkP $16.27 ↓ -72%
United OptionsPPO $16.39 ↓ -72%
BCBS COVERKIDS $17.04 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $19.16 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $24.21 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $26.44 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueCare $29.30 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $29.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $29.38 ↓ -50%
Cigna NewBusiness $37.83 ↓ -36%
Multiplan COMM $38.19 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $38.19 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $41.13 ↓ -30%
Aetna COMM $41.44 ↓ -29%
Aetna NewBusiness $41.44 ↓ -29%
Cigna OAP $42.96 ↓ -27%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $44.07 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $47.01 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $47.01 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $49.95 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $51.71 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $51.71 ↓ -12%
Humana HumanaChoice $69.80 ↑ +19%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $69.80 ↑ +19%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $69.80 ↑ +19%
Humana BroadNetwork $69.80 ↑ +19%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↑ +154%
United HeritageSelect $149.16 ↑ +154%
United CorePayer $149.16 ↑ +154%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $104.07 $10.14 – $229.75
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $174.64 $15.09 – $413.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $56.12 $10.14 – $312.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $249.57 $15.09 – $413.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $47.40 $11.76 – $346.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $104.07 $8.45 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $104.07 $8.45 – $226.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $104.07 $8.45 – $226.45

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