Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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

$209.92

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.

$209.92

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.

$19.19 with BCBS vs $269.20 with Humana — 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 $19.19 ↓ -91%
BCBS COVERKIDS $20.80 ↓ -90%
Bright Health HIX $35.69 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueCare $35.78 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $38.42 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $38.65 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $39.88 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $39.88 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $39.88 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $46.81 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $48.70 ↓ -77%
United CorePayer $49.76 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -76%
United HeritageSelect $49.76 ↓ -76%
Bright Health SmallGroup $50.38 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $52.48 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $58.57 ↓ -72%
BCBS NetworkP $67.10 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $68.43 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $86.49 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $94.46 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $104.96 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $104.96 ↓ -50%
Aetna NewBusiness $114.60 ↓ -45%
Aetna COMM $114.60 ↓ -45%
Humana BH COMM $136.45 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $136.45 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $146.94 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $157.44 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $167.94 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $167.94 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $178.43 ↓ -15%
Cigna NewBusiness $179.04 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $184.73 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $184.73 ↓ -12%
Cigna OAP $203.33 ↓ -3%
Humana HumanaChoice $269.20 ↑ +28%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $269.20 ↑ +28%
Humana BroadNetwork $269.20 ↑ +28%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $269.20 ↑ +28%

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $27.65 $12.38 – $259.82
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $51.21 $18.43 – $163.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $31.97 $12.38 – $97.58
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $73.18 $18.43 – $163.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $86.10 $14.36 – $121.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $27.65 $12.38 – $259.82
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $27.65 $12.38 – $259.82
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $27.65 $18.23 – $259.82

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