Liver imaging 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

$2,811.22

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.

$2,811.22

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.

$79.56 with Humana vs $2,473.87 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
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $79.56 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $79.56 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $79.56 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $79.56 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $95.51 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $103.52 ↓ -96%
BCBS NetworkP $148.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $177.66 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $254.88 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $254.88 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $494.26 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $517.55 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $534.13 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $534.13 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $534.13 ↓ -81%
Cigna OAP $561.42 ↓ -80%
Humana TRICARE $702.80 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $784.33 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $916.46 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,158.22 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,265.05 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,405.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,405.61 ↓ -50%
United CorePayer $1,623.62 ↓ -42%
United HeritageSelect $1,623.62 ↓ -42%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,623.62 ↓ -42%
Multiplan COMM $1,827.29 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $1,827.29 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,967.85 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,108.41 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $2,248.98 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $2,248.98 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,389.54 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $2,473.87 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,473.87 ↓ -12%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $550.59 $66.79 – $2,035.50
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