Intracranial complete study 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

$1,838.95

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.

$1,838.95

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.

$167.94 with BCBS vs $1,618.28 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
BCBS TENNCARE $167.94 ↓ -91%
BCBS COVERKIDS $182.03 ↓ -90%
Bright Health HIX $312.62 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueCare $313.13 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $336.53 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $338.55 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $349.40 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $349.40 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $349.40 ↓ -81%
BCBS NetworkP $399.83 ↓ -78%
Ambetter CORE $410.09 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $426.64 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $441.35 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $459.74 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $513.07 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $599.50 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $674.95 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $757.65 ↓ -59%
Cigna OAP $766.65 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $827.53 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $919.48 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $919.48 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,195.32 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $1,195.32 ↓ -35%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,264.00 ↓ -31%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,287.27 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,379.21 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $1,471.16 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,471.16 ↓ -20%
Aetna COMM $1,482.00 ↓ -19%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,563.11 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,618.28 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,618.28 ↓ -12%

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Intracranial complete study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $330.20 $108.35 – $644.87
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $262.56 $132.73 – $620.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $375.21 $132.73 – $620.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $317.55 $125.69 – $485.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $330.20 $108.35 – $644.87
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $317.55 $54.77 – $485.38
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $317.55 $91.28 – $543.24
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $317.55 $134.55 – $472.27

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →