Myelography thoracic spine at SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER
100 SUMMIT BLVD, MT JULIET, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1982650024
$5,794.77
Cash price 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.
$5,794.77
Gross charge 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.
$69.23 with BCBS vs $5,099.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | NetworkP | $69.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | COMM | $158.77 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $158.77 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $175.04 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $175.04 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $175.04 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $175.04 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $175.35 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $190.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $202.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OAP | $229.69 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $326.17 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $920.54 | ↓ -84% |
| United | CorePayer | $920.54 | ↓ -84% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $920.54 | ↓ -84% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $1,066.82 | ↓ -82% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $1,101.01 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $1,101.01 | ↓ -81% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $1,101.01 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $1,448.69 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,616.74 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,889.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Centurion | PRISON | $2,387.45 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,607.65 | ↓ -55% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $2,897.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NAP | $2,897.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $3,766.60 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana BH | COMM | $3,766.60 | ↓ -35% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $4,056.34 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $4,346.08 | ↓ -25% |
| ComPsych | COMM | $4,635.82 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMM | $4,635.82 | ↓ -20% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $4,925.55 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | COMMPPO | $5,099.40 | ↓ -12% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $5,099.40 | ↓ -12% |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $205.50 | $121.89 – $1,594.69 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $205.50 | $121.89 – $1,621.20 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $205.50 | $121.89 – $1,621.20 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $416.85 | $110.90 – $1,446.92 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $205.50 | $121.89 – $1,550.48 |
| SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER | ANTIOCH | $3,342.96 | $69.23 – $920.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $83.36 – $1,089.31 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $83.36 – $1,089.31 |