#fecal-sodium 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

$1,325.00

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.

$1,325.00

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.

$2.19 with Wellpoint vs $1,166.00 with Prime Health — 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 $2.19 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.87 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $3.87 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.86 ↓ -100%
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.86 ↓ -100%
Bright Health HIX $4.86 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.86 ↓ -100%
HealthSpring DualEligible $4.86 ↓ -100%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.86 ↓ -100%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $4.86 ↓ -100%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.86 ↓ -100%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $4.86 ↓ -100%
United HeritageSelect $4.86 ↓ -100%
United VACCN $4.86 ↓ -100%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4.86 ↓ -100%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.86 ↓ -100%
United CorePayer $4.86 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.86 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.91 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.91 ↓ -100%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.91 ↓ -100%
United MGMCR $4.96 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCR $5.01 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCR $5.01 ↓ -100%
Zing MGMCR $5.01 ↓ -100%
Ambetter Select $5.05 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.10 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.10 ↓ -100%
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.10 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.10 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.10 ↓ -100%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.10 ↓ -100%
Signature Advantage MCR $5.15 ↓ -100%
Ambetter CORE $5.25 ↓ -100%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.35 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.59 ↓ -100%
BCBS NetworkP $6.64 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.00 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7.14 ↓ -99%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS TENNCARE $8.34 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $8.66 ↓ -99%
BCBS COVERKIDS $9.04 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $9.83 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $14.58 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueCare $15.55 ↓ -99%
Humana BroadNetwork $19.44 ↓ -99%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $19.44 ↓ -99%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $19.44 ↓ -99%
Humana HumanaChoice $19.44 ↓ -99%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $243.93 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $251.75 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $251.75 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $251.75 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $331.25 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $369.68 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $431.95 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $545.90 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $596.25 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $662.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $662.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $861.25 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $861.25 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $927.50 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $993.75 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,060.00 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $1,060.00 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,126.25 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,166.00 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,166.00 ↓ -12%

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#fecal-sodium at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $70.52 $1.75 – $19.17
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $6.52 $4.32 – $14.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $23.00 $4.23 – $9.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $9.31 $4.32 – $14.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $8.70 $2.43 – $10.59
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $70.52 $3.42 – $19.17
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $70.52 $3.42 – $19.17
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $70.52 $3.42 – $19.17

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