Doppler echo complete 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

$2,522.34

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.

$2,522.34

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.

$81.06 with BCBS vs $4,700.00 with Aetna — 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 $81.06 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $87.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $151.15 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $378.35 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $378.35 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $378.35 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $428.80 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $461.59 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $464.36 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $479.24 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $479.24 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $479.24 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $562.48 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $580.14 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $585.18 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $605.36 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $630.59 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $635.63 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $703.73 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $721.39 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $822.28 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,039.20 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,135.05 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,261.17 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $1,261.17 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,261.17 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,639.52 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $1,639.52 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,765.64 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,891.76 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $2,017.87 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $2,017.87 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,143.99 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $2,219.66 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,219.66 ↓ -12%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,807.00 ↑ +51%
Aetna COMM $4,700.00 ↑ +86%

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Doppler echo complete at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $351.80 $52.30 – $74.43
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $312.58 $77.84 – $989.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $341.55 $52.30 – $53.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $446.69 $77.84 – $989.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $224.25 $60.67 – $619.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $689.00 $52.30 – $74.43
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $689.00 $52.30 – $78.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $689.00 $59.54 – $99.37

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