Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo 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

$2,118.04

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.

$2,118.04

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.

$93.18 with BCBS vs $1,863.88 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 NetworkP $93.18 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $100.92 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $100.92 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $100.92 ↓ -95%
Humana BroadNetwork $100.92 ↓ -95%
BCBS TENNCARE $106.38 ↓ -95%
BCBS COVERKIDS $115.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $138.99 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $138.99 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueCare $197.88 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $317.71 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $317.71 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $317.71 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $389.93 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $402.43 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $402.43 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $402.43 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $529.51 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $533.75 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $590.93 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $605.76 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $690.48 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $872.63 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $953.12 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,059.02 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $1,059.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,059.02 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,376.73 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $1,376.73 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,482.63 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,588.53 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,694.43 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $1,694.43 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,800.33 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,863.88 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,863.88 ↓ -12%

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Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $127.88 $86.40 – $302.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $104.42 $74.39 – $83.23
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $182.74 $90.72 – $302.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $71.70 $86.29 – $269.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $215.79 $74.39 – $200.62
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $205.52 $111.15 – $200.62
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $71.70 $86.29 – $281.52
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $71.70 $86.29 – $268.86

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