Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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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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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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.

$3.81 with Wellpoint vs $819.28 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $3.81
Aetna NewBusiness $6.73
Aetna COMM $6.73
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.46
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.46
Bright Health HIX $8.46
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.46
HealthSpring DualEligible $8.46
HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.46
HealthSpring MCRPOS $8.46
HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.46
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $8.46
United HeritageSelect $8.46
United VACCN $8.46
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $8.46
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.46
United CorePayer $8.46
United AllPayerAppendix $8.46
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.54
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.54
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.54
United MGMCR $8.63
BCBS MCR $8.71
WellCare MCR $8.71
Zing MGMCR $8.71
Ambetter Select $8.80
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.88
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.88
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.88
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.88
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.88
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.88
Signature Advantage MCR $8.97
Ambetter CORE $9.13
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $9.31
BCBS NetworkP $9.41
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.73
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $12.18
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $12.44
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.44
BCBS TENNCARE $13.58
BCBS COVERKIDS $14.72
Cigna NewBusiness $15.00
Cigna OAP $17.04
BCBS BlueCare $25.32
Oscar HIX $25.38
Humana BroadNetwork $33.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $33.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $33.84
Humana HumanaChoice $33.84
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $171.40
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $176.89
Apex Health MCR $176.89
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $176.89
Humana TRICARE $232.75
United OptionsPPO $259.75
Cigna PPO $303.51
Centurion PRISON $383.57
United GlobalBenefitPlan $418.95
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $465.50
Aetna NAP $465.50
Multiplan COMM $605.15
Humana BH COMM $605.15
Employers Health Network COMM $651.70
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $698.25
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $744.80
ComPsych COMM $744.80
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $791.35
Beech Street COMM $819.28
Prime Health COMMPPO $819.28

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $75.09 $3.05 – $32.75
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $105.38 $7.51 – $249.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $116.15 $7.36 – $16.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $150.59 $7.51 – $249.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $14.40 $4.23 – $18.44
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $75.09 $5.93 – $32.75
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $75.09 $5.93 – $32.75
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $75.09 $5.93 – $32.75

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