Homogenization tissue 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

$166.64

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.

$166.64

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.

$2.65 with Wellpoint vs $146.64 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 $2.65 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $4.67 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $4.67 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.88 ↓ -96%
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.88 ↓ -96%
Bright Health HIX $5.88 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -96%
HealthSpring DualEligible $5.88 ↓ -96%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.88 ↓ -96%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $5.88 ↓ -96%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.88 ↓ -96%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $5.88 ↓ -96%
United HeritageSelect $5.88 ↓ -96%
United VACCN $5.88 ↓ -96%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $5.88 ↓ -96%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.88 ↓ -96%
United CorePayer $5.88 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.94 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $6.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCR $6.06 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCR $6.06 ↓ -96%
Zing MGMCR $6.06 ↓ -96%
Ambetter Select $6.12 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.17 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.17 ↓ -96%
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.17 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.17 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.17 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.17 ↓ -96%
Signature Advantage MCR $6.23 ↓ -96%
Ambetter CORE $6.35 ↓ -96%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $6.47 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.76 ↓ -96%
BCBS NetworkP $8.03 ↓ -95%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.47 ↓ -95%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $8.64 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.64 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $10.39 ↓ -94%
Cigna OAP $11.80 ↓ -93%
BCBS TENNCARE $15.47 ↓ -91%
BCBS COVERKIDS $16.77 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $17.64 ↓ -89%
Humana BroadNetwork $23.52 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $23.52 ↓ -86%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $23.52 ↓ -86%
Humana HumanaChoice $23.52 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueCare $28.84 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $30.68 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $31.66 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $31.66 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $31.66 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $41.66 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $46.49 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $54.32 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $68.66 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $74.99 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $83.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $83.32 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $108.32 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $108.32 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $116.65 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $124.98 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $133.31 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $133.31 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $141.64 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $146.64 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $146.64 ↓ -12%

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Homogenization tissue at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $57.96 $2.12 – $22.59
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $7.82 $5.12 – $11.76
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $57.96 $4.13 – $22.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $57.96 $4.13 – $22.59
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $57.96 $4.13 – $22.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $57.96 $5.29 – $22.59
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $10.12 $4.17 – $12.99
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $10.20 $2.65 – $12.82

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