Ghs protoporphyrins fract 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

$130.00

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.

$130.00

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.

$6.46 with Wellpoint vs $114.40 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 $6.46 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $11.41 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $11.41 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.35 ↓ -89%
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.35 ↓ -89%
Bright Health HIX $14.35 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.35 ↓ -89%
HealthSpring DualEligible $14.35 ↓ -89%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.35 ↓ -89%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $14.35 ↓ -89%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.35 ↓ -89%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $14.35 ↓ -89%
United HeritageSelect $14.35 ↓ -89%
United VACCN $14.35 ↓ -89%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.35 ↓ -89%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.35 ↓ -89%
United CorePayer $14.35 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.35 ↓ -89%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.49 ↓ -89%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.49 ↓ -89%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.49 ↓ -89%
United MGMCR $14.64 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCR $14.78 ↓ -89%
WellCare MCR $14.78 ↓ -89%
Zing MGMCR $14.78 ↓ -89%
Ambetter Select $14.92 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.07 ↓ -88%
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.07 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.07 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.07 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.07 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.07 ↓ -88%
Signature Advantage MCR $15.21 ↓ -88%
Ambetter CORE $15.50 ↓ -88%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.79 ↓ -88%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.50 ↓ -87%
BCBS NetworkP $19.57 ↓ -85%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.66 ↓ -84%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.09 ↓ -84%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.09 ↓ -84%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $23.93 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $24.70 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $24.70 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $24.70 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $25.37 ↓ -80%
Cigna OAP $28.81 ↓ -78%
Humana TRICARE $32.50 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $36.27 ↓ -72%
BCBS TENNCARE $37.15 ↓ -71%
BCBS COVERKIDS $40.27 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $42.38 ↓ -67%
Oscar HIX $43.05 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $53.56 ↓ -59%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $57.40 ↓ -56%
Humana HumanaChoice $57.40 ↓ -56%
Humana BroadNetwork $57.40 ↓ -56%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $57.40 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $58.50 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $65.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $65.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS BlueCare $69.27 ↓ -47%
Multiplan COMM $84.50 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $84.50 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $91.00 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $97.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $104.00 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $104.00 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $110.50 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $114.40 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $114.40 ↓ -12%

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Ghs protoporphyrins fract at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $60.74 $5.17 – $55.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $23.98 $12.74 – $56.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $30.13 $12.48 – $28.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $34.27 $12.74 – $56.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.20 $7.18 – $31.28
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $60.74 $10.06 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $60.74 $10.06 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $60.74 $10.06 – $55.30

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