Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral 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

$488.07

Cash price

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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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$488.07

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.

$55.01 with BCBS vs $1,482.00 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 $55.01 ↓ -89%
BCBS COVERKIDS $59.62 ↓ -88%
Bright Health HIX $82.97 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $89.32 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $89.85 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $92.73 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $92.73 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $92.73 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueCare $102.57 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $108.84 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $113.23 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $117.14 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $122.02 ↓ -75%
BCBS NetworkP $132.20 ↓ -73%
United OptionsPPO $136.17 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $159.11 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $201.08 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $219.63 ↓ -55%
Cigna NewBusiness $223.16 ↓ -54%
Aetna NAP $244.03 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $244.03 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP $253.48 ↓ -48%
Humana BH COMM $317.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $317.25 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $341.65 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $366.05 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $390.46 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $390.46 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $414.86 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $429.50 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $429.50 ↓ -12%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,264.00 ↑ +159%
Aetna COMM $1,482.00 ↑ +204%

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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $246.02 $35.49 – $201.15
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $162.80 $52.82 – $385.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $280.83 $35.49 – $235.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $232.65 $52.82 – $385.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $229.50 $40.79 – $270.65
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $272.97 $32.70 – $201.15
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $272.97 $32.70 – $201.15
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $303.71 $32.70 – $201.15

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