External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells 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

$1,122.00

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.

$1,122.00

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.

$65.07 with Wellpoint vs $987.36 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $65.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $114.97 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $114.97 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $144.61 ↓ -87%
Bright Health SmallGroup $144.61 ↓ -87%
Bright Health HIX $144.61 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCR $144.61 ↓ -87%
HealthSpring DualEligible $144.61 ↓ -87%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $144.61 ↓ -87%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $144.61 ↓ -87%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $144.61 ↓ -87%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $144.61 ↓ -87%
United HeritageSelect $144.61 ↓ -87%
United VACCN $144.61 ↓ -87%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $144.61 ↓ -87%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $144.61 ↓ -87%
United CorePayer $144.61 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $144.61 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $146.06 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $146.06 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $146.06 ↓ -87%
United MGMCR $147.50 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCR $148.95 ↓ -87%
WellCare MCR $148.95 ↓ -87%
Zing MGMCR $148.95 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Select $150.39 ↓ -87%
Evergreen HMO MCR $151.84 ↓ -86%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $151.84 ↓ -86%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $151.84 ↓ -86%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $151.84 ↓ -86%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $151.84 ↓ -86%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $151.84 ↓ -86%
Signature Advantage MCR $153.29 ↓ -86%
Ambetter CORE $156.18 ↓ -86%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $159.07 ↓ -86%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $166.30 ↓ -85%
BCBS NetworkP $170.04 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $206.56 ↓ -82%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $208.24 ↓ -81%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $212.58 ↓ -81%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $212.58 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $213.18 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $213.18 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $213.18 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $257.80 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $280.50 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $292.78 ↓ -74%
United OptionsPPO $313.04 ↓ -72%
BCBS TENNCARE $336.86 ↓ -70%
BCBS COVERKIDS $365.11 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $365.77 ↓ -67%
Oscar HIX $433.83 ↓ -61%
Centurion PRISON $462.26 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $504.90 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $561.00 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $561.00 ↓ -50%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $578.44 ↓ -48%
Humana HumanaChoice $578.44 ↓ -48%
Humana BroadNetwork $578.44 ↓ -48%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $578.44 ↓ -48%
BCBS BlueCare $628.08 ↓ -44%
Multiplan COMM $729.30 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $729.30 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $785.40 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $841.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $897.60 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $897.60 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $953.70 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $987.36 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $987.36 ↓ -12%

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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $657.29 $52.06 – $481.98
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $194.77 $110.72 – $460.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $278.34 $110.72 – $460.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $218.25 $72.31 – $315.25
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $657.29 $87.39 – $481.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $657.29 $87.39 – $481.98
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $657.29 $87.39 – $481.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $657.29 $130.15 – $481.98

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