Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound 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.

$326.12 with Wellpoint vs $778.57 with BCBS — 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $326.12
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $362.36
HealthSpring DualEligible $362.36
HealthSpring MCRHMO $362.36
HealthSpring MCRPOS $362.36
HealthSpring MCRPPO $362.36
Devoted Health Plan MCR $362.36
United VACCN $362.36
Amerigroup MGMCR $362.36
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $362.36
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $362.36
Aetna MGMCRPPO $365.98
Aetna MGMCRHMO $365.98
Aetna MGMCRSNP $365.98
United MGMCR $369.61
WellCare MCR $373.23
Zing MGMCR $373.23
BCBS MCR $373.23
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $380.48
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $380.48
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $380.48
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $380.48
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $380.48
Evergreen HMO MCR $380.48
Signature Advantage MCR $384.10
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $398.60
Bright Health MCRNarrow $416.71
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $521.80
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $532.67
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $532.67
BCBS NetworkP $778.57

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Low frequency non-thermal Ultrasound at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $171.26 – $266.41
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $168.80 – $262.57
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $168.80 – $262.57
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $168.80 – $262.57
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $171.26 – $266.41
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $203.26 – $254.08
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $362.36 – $778.57
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $351.49 – $532.67

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →