Hemoglobin plasma 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

$57.00

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.

$57.00

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.

$3.29 with Wellpoint vs $50.16 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 $3.29 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $5.81 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $5.81 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $7.31 ↓ -87%
Bright Health SmallGroup $7.31 ↓ -87%
Bright Health HIX $7.31 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCR $7.31 ↓ -87%
HealthSpring DualEligible $7.31 ↓ -87%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.31 ↓ -87%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $7.31 ↓ -87%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.31 ↓ -87%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $7.31 ↓ -87%
United HeritageSelect $7.31 ↓ -87%
United VACCN $7.31 ↓ -87%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $7.31 ↓ -87%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $7.31 ↓ -87%
United CorePayer $7.31 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.31 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $7.38 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $7.38 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $7.38 ↓ -87%
United MGMCR $7.46 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCR $7.53 ↓ -87%
WellCare MCR $7.53 ↓ -87%
Zing MGMCR $7.53 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Select $7.61 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.68 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.68 ↓ -87%
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.68 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.68 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.68 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.68 ↓ -87%
Signature Advantage MCR $7.75 ↓ -86%
Ambetter CORE $7.90 ↓ -86%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.04 ↓ -86%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $8.41 ↓ -85%
BCBS NetworkP $9.98 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $10.49 ↓ -82%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $10.53 ↓ -82%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.75 ↓ -81%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $10.75 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $10.83 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $10.83 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $10.83 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $13.27 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $14.25 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $15.07 ↓ -74%
United OptionsPPO $15.90 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $18.58 ↓ -67%
Oscar HIX $21.93 ↓ -62%
BCBS TENNCARE $22.23 ↓ -61%
Centurion PRISON $23.48 ↓ -59%
BCBS COVERKIDS $24.09 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $25.65 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $28.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $28.50 ↓ -50%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $29.24 ↓ -49%
Humana HumanaChoice $29.24 ↓ -49%
Humana BroadNetwork $29.24 ↓ -49%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $29.24 ↓ -49%
Multiplan COMM $37.05 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $37.05 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $39.90 ↓ -30%
BCBS BlueCare $41.44 ↓ -27%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $42.75 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $45.60 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $45.60 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $48.45 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $50.16 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $50.16 ↓ -12%

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Hemoglobin plasma at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $79.34 $2.63 – $28.22
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $10.36 $6.50 – $24.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $14.81 $6.50 – $24.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $12.75 $3.66 – $15.94
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $79.34 $5.13 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $79.34 $5.13 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $79.34 $5.13 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $79.34 $6.58 – $28.22

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