Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$6,115.06

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.

$6,115.06

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.

$166.06 with BCBS vs $5,381.25 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 $166.06 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $172.64 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $172.64 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $172.64 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $172.64 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $181.18 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $196.39 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $311.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $311.14 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $337.02 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $538.02 ↓ -91%
Cigna OAP $611.12 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $611.66 ↓ -90%
United CorePayer $611.66 ↓ -90%
United HeritageSelect $611.66 ↓ -90%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,125.78 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,161.86 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $1,161.86 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $1,161.86 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $1,528.77 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $1,706.10 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $1,993.51 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $2,519.40 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,751.78 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $3,057.53 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $3,057.53 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $3,974.79 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $3,974.79 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $4,280.54 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $4,586.30 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $4,892.05 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $4,892.05 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $5,197.80 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $5,381.25 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $5,381.25 ↓ -12%

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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $568.20 $126.70 – $755.17
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $454.66 $188.57 – $1,075.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $537.74 $126.70 – $983.02
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $649.73 $188.57 – $1,075.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $146.97 – $1,104.54
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $567.90 $126.70 – $755.17
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $567.90 $126.70 – $755.17
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $567.90 $157.74 – $755.17

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