Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER
100 SUMMIT BLVD, MT JULIET, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1982650024
$238.48
Cash price 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.
$238.48
Gross charge 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.
$40.54 with Bright Health vs $398.59 with BCBS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Bright Health | HIX | $40.54 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $43.64 | ↓ -82% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $43.90 | ↓ -82% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $45.31 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $45.31 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $45.31 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $53.18 | ↓ -78% |
| Ambetter | Select | $55.33 | ↓ -77% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $57.24 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $59.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $60.10 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $66.54 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $66.77 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | OAP | $68.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | PPO | $77.74 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | COMM | $78.70 | ↓ -67% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $107.32 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NAP | $119.24 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $119.24 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $155.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana BH | COMM | $155.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $166.24 | ↓ -30% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $166.94 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $178.86 | ↓ -25% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $184.71 | ↓ -23% |
| Odyssey Healthcare | COMM | $184.71 | ↓ -23% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $184.71 | ↓ -23% |
| United | VACCN | $184.71 | ↓ -23% |
| HealthSpring | DualEligible | $184.71 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $184.71 | ↓ -23% |
| HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $184.71 | ↓ -23% |
| HealthSpring | MCRPOS | $184.71 | ↓ -23% |
| Sarah Cannon Research | COMM | $184.71 | ↓ -23% |
| HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $184.71 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $186.56 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $186.56 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $186.56 | ↓ -22% |
| United | MGMCR | $188.40 | ↓ -21% |
| Zing | MGMCR | $190.25 | ↓ -20% |
| WellCare | MCR | $190.25 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS | MCR | $190.25 | ↓ -20% |
| ComPsych | COMM | $190.78 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMM | $190.78 | ↓ -20% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $193.95 | ↓ -19% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $193.95 | ↓ -19% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $193.95 | ↓ -19% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $193.95 | ↓ -19% |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $193.95 | ↓ -19% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $193.95 | ↓ -19% |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $195.79 | ↓ -18% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $202.71 | ↓ -15% |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $203.18 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | COMMPPO | $209.86 | ↓ -12% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $209.86 | ↓ -12% |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $212.42 | ↓ -11% |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $213.78 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $231.71 | ↓ -3% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $265.98 | ↑ +12% |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $271.52 | ↑ +14% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $271.52 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $385.90 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $398.59 | ↑ +67% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $185.87 | $56.30 – $378.47 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $167.10 | $44.00 – $402.67 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $185.87 | $33.70 – $378.47 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $185.87 | $137.92 – $378.47 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $167.10 | $37.00 – $402.67 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $167.10 | $57.00 – $443.30 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $167.10 | $46.00 – $402.67 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $167.10 | $61.00 – $443.30 |