Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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

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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.

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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.

$75.38 with BCBS vs $736.99 with Beech Street — 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 $75.38
BCBS COVERKIDS $81.70
Aetna MGMCRHMO $125.62
Aetna MGMCRSNP $125.62
Aetna MGMCRPPO $125.62
BCBS BlueCare $140.54
Oscar HIX $153.26
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $154.18
Apex Health MCR $159.12
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $159.12
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $159.12
Humana TRICARE $209.37
United OptionsPPO $233.66
Aetna NewBusiness $234.50
Aetna COMM $276.37
Centurion PRISON $345.05
United GlobalBenefitPlan $376.87
Aetna NAP $418.75
Signature Advantage MCR $418.75
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $418.75
Multiplan COMM $544.37
Humana BH COMM $544.37
Employers Health Network COMM $586.24
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $628.12
ComPsych COMM $669.99
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $669.99
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $711.87
Prime Health COMMPPO $736.99
Beech Street COMM $736.99
BCBS NetworkP not published by hospital

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $109.52 $72.38 – $259.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $124.43 $48.63 – $79.45
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $156.51 $72.38 – $259.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $41.70 $56.41 – $85.61
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $40.71 $47.56 – $56.41
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $41.70 $34.24 – $56.41
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $41.70 $56.41 – $57.07
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $41.70 $66.94 – $85.61

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →