Heparin neutralization 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.

$5.33 with Wellpoint vs $119.15 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 $5.33
Aetna COMM $9.41
Aetna NewBusiness $9.41
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $11.84
Bright Health SmallGroup $11.84
Bright Health HIX $11.84
HealthSpring DualEligible $11.84
HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.84
HealthSpring MCRPOS $11.84
HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.84
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $11.84
United HeritageSelect $11.84
Amerigroup MGMCR $11.84
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $11.84
United VACCN $11.84
United AllPayerAppendix $11.84
United CorePayer $11.84
Devoted Health Plan MCR $11.84
Aetna MGMCRHMO $11.96
Aetna MGMCRPPO $11.96
Aetna MGMCRSNP $11.96
United MGMCR $12.08
Zing MGMCR $12.20
WellCare MCR $12.20
BCBS MCR $12.20
Ambetter Select $12.31
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $12.43
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $12.43
Evergreen HMO MCR $12.43
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $12.43
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $12.43
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $12.43
Signature Advantage MCR $12.55
Ambetter CORE $12.79
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $13.02
Bright Health MCRNarrow $13.62
BCBS NetworkP $16.16
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $17.05
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $17.40
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $17.40
Cigna NewBusiness $21.33
Cigna OAP $24.23
Oscar HIX $35.52
Humana HumanaChoice $47.36
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $47.36
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $47.36
Humana BroadNetwork $47.36
BCBS TENNCARE $63.91
BCBS COVERKIDS $69.27
BCBS BlueCare $119.15

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Heparin neutralization at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $22.32 $4.26 – $46.28
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20.70 $4.63 – $25.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $22.32 $8.31 – $54.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $22.32 $8.31 – $61.84
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $22.32 $8.31 – $78.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $22.32 $10.66 – $46.28
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $20.24 $5.17 – $25.98
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $20.70 $5.02 – $25.81

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →