Genome sequence analysis 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.

$0.01 with Aetna vs $20,124.80 with Humana — 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
Aetna COMM $0.01
Aetna NewBusiness $0.01
Wellpoint MGMCD $2,264.04
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $5,031.20
BCBS NetworkP $5,031.20
Bright Health SmallGroup $5,031.20
Bright Health HIX $5,031.20
HealthSpring DualEligible $5,031.20
HealthSpring MCRHMO $5,031.20
HealthSpring MCRPOS $5,031.20
HealthSpring MCRPPO $5,031.20
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5,031.20
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $5,031.20
Amerigroup MGMCR $5,031.20
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5,031.20
United VACCN $5,031.20
United AllPayerAppendix $5,031.20
United CorePayer $5,031.20
United HeritageSelect $5,031.20
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5,081.51
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5,081.51
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5,081.51
United MGMCR $5,131.82
Zing MGMCR $5,182.14
WellCare MCR $5,182.14
BCBS MCR $5,182.14
Ambetter Select $5,232.45
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5,282.76
Evergreen HMO MCR $5,282.76
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5,282.76
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5,282.76
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5,282.76
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5,282.76
Signature Advantage MCR $5,333.07
Ambetter CORE $5,433.69
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5,534.32
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5,785.88
BCBS TENNCARE $6,335.70
BCBS COVERKIDS $6,867.08
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7,244.93
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7,395.86
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7,395.86
Cigna NewBusiness $8,970.78
Cigna OAP $10,187.92
BCBS BlueCare $11,813.02
Oscar HIX $15,093.60
Humana BroadNetwork $20,124.80
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $20,124.80
Humana HumanaChoice $20,124.80
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $20,124.80

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Genome sequence analysis at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $6,336.04 $2,515.60 – $11,090.14
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $6,456.60 $1,811.23 – $10,968.02
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $6,456.60 $2,496.37 – $12,074.88
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $6,456.60 $2,423.66 – $12,074.88
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $6,456.60 $2,515.60 – $10,968.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $0.02 – $15,774.77
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $0.02 – $15,774.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $0.02 – $15,774.77

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