Ghs heavy metals bld (ars,lead,merc) 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.

$10.34 with Wellpoint vs $97.22 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.

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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 $10.34
Aetna COMM $18.26
Aetna NewBusiness $18.26
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $22.97
Bright Health SmallGroup $22.97
Bright Health HIX $22.97
HealthSpring DualEligible $22.97
HealthSpring MCRHMO $22.97
HealthSpring MCRPOS $22.97
HealthSpring MCRPPO $22.97
Devoted Health Plan MCR $22.97
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $22.97
Amerigroup MGMCR $22.97
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $22.97
United VACCN $22.97
United AllPayerAppendix $22.97
United CorePayer $22.97
United HeritageSelect $22.97
Aetna MGMCRHMO $23.20
Aetna MGMCRPPO $23.20
Aetna MGMCRSNP $23.20
United MGMCR $23.43
BCBS NetworkP $23.48
Zing MGMCR $23.66
WellCare MCR $23.66
BCBS MCR $23.66
Ambetter Select $23.89
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $24.12
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $24.12
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $24.12
Evergreen HMO MCR $24.12
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $24.12
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $24.12
Signature Advantage MCR $24.35
Ambetter CORE $24.81
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $25.27
Bright Health MCRNarrow $26.42
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $33.08
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.77
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $33.77
Cigna NewBusiness $40.95
Cigna OAP $46.51
BCBS TENNCARE $52.14
BCBS COVERKIDS $56.52
Oscar HIX $68.91
Humana BroadNetwork $91.88
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $91.88
Humana HumanaChoice $91.88
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $91.88
BCBS BlueCare $97.22

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Ghs heavy metals bld (ars,lead,merc) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $8.27 – $72.24
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $12.07 – $72.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $12.07 – $72.24
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $12.07 – $72.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $20.67 – $72.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $20.67 – $72.24
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $10.34 – $68.91
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $10.34 – $68.91

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