Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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.

$65.81 with BCBS vs $926.38 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
BCBS TENNCARE $65.81
BCBS COVERKIDS $71.33
BCBS BlueCare $122.71
Bright Health HIX $178.96
Oscar HIX $192.64
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $193.80
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $200.01
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $200.01
Apex Health MCR $200.01
Ambetter CORE $234.75
BCBS NetworkP $242.12
Ambetter Select $244.23
Bright Health SmallGroup $252.65
Humana TRICARE $263.18
Cigna NewBusiness $265.28
United OptionsPPO $293.70
Aetna NewBusiness $294.76
Cigna OAP $301.07
Cigna PPO $343.18
Aetna COMM $347.39
Centurion PRISON $433.71
United GlobalBenefitPlan $473.71
Aetna NAP $526.35
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $526.35
Humana BH COMM $684.25
Multiplan COMM $684.25
Employers Health Network COMM $736.89
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $789.52
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $842.16
ComPsych COMM $842.16
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $894.79
Prime Health COMMPPO $926.38
Beech Street COMM $926.38

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $127.74 $42.46 – $282.49
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $147.41 $63.19 – $348.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $89.01 $42.46 – $384.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $210.66 $63.19 – $348.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $59.70 $31.33 – $432.69
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $127.74 $17.41 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $127.74 $17.41 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $127.74 $17.41 – $278.42

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →