Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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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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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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.

$67.94 with BCBS vs $787.50 with Beech Street — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
BCBS TENNCARE $67.94
BCBS COVERKIDS $73.63
BCBS BlueCare $126.67
Bright Health HIX $152.13
Oscar HIX $163.76
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $164.75
Apex Health MCR $170.03
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $170.03
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $170.03
Ambetter CORE $199.56
BCBS NetworkP $205.82
Ambetter Select $207.61
Bright Health SmallGroup $214.77
Humana TRICARE $223.72
Cigna NewBusiness $225.51
United OptionsPPO $249.67
Aetna NewBusiness $250.57
Cigna OAP $255.94
Cigna PPO $291.73
Aetna COMM $295.31
Centurion PRISON $368.69
United GlobalBenefitPlan $402.70
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $447.44
Aetna NAP $447.44
United HeritageSelect $575.87
United AllPayerAppendix $575.87
United CorePayer $575.87
Multiplan COMM $581.68
Humana BH COMM $581.68
Employers Health Network COMM $626.42
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $671.17
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $715.91
ComPsych COMM $715.91
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $760.66
Prime Health COMMPPO $787.50
Beech Street COMM $787.50

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $148.43 $43.83 – $282.49
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $225.56 $65.23 – $533.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $184.00 $43.83 – $384.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $322.33 $65.23 – $533.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $79.95 $50.31 – $432.69
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $148.43 $36.35 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $201.53 $36.35 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $209.42 $36.35 – $278.42

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