Neck (Cervical Spine) X-ray (4 to 5 views) at SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER
100 SUMMIT BLVD, MT JULIET, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1982650024
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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.
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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.
$29.18 with BCBS vs $2,348.13 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 |
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| BCBS | NetworkP | $29.18 | — |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $36.19 | — |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $39.23 | — |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $67.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $70.71 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $70.71 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $134.66 | — |
| Cigna | OAP | $151.36 | — |
| United | HeritageSelect | $154.52 | — |
| United | Core | $154.52 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $154.52 | — |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $491.24 | — |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $506.98 | — |
| Apex Health | MCR | $506.98 | — |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $506.98 | — |
| Humana | TRICARE | $667.08 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $677.76 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $869.88 | — |
| Centurion | PRISON | $1,099.35 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,200.75 | — |
| Aetna | NAP | $1,334.16 | — |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $1,334.16 | — |
| Multiplan | COMM | $1,734.41 | — |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $1,867.83 | — |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $2,001.25 | — |
| Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMM | $2,134.66 | — |
| ComPsych | COMM | $2,134.66 | — |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $2,268.08 | — |
| Prime Health | COMMPPO | $2,348.13 | — |
| Beech Street | COMM | $2,348.13 | — |
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Neck (Cervical Spine) X-ray (4 to 5 views) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $146.24 | $25.31 – $179.33 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $338.33 | $37.67 – $800.10 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $136.16 | $25.31 – $194.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $483.49 | $37.67 – $800.10 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $72.75 | $29.36 – $212.67 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $220.38 | $25.31 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $220.38 | $25.31 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $209.88 | $35.14 – $179.33 |