Nerve teasing preparations 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

$567.00

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.

$567.00

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.

$44.45 with BCBS vs $656.15 with United — 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
BCBS TENNCARE $44.45 ↓ -92%
BCBS COVERKIDS $48.18 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueCare $82.89 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $96.39 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $103.76 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $104.38 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $107.73 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $107.73 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $107.73 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $126.44 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $131.54 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $136.08 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $141.75 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $158.19 ↓ -72%
Aetna NewBusiness $164.83 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMM $164.83 ↓ -71%
BCBS NetworkP $174.14 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $184.84 ↓ -67%
Cigna NewBusiness $212.13 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $233.60 ↓ -59%
Cigna OAP $240.92 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $255.15 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $283.50 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $283.50 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $368.55 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $368.55 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $396.90 ↓ -30%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $402.64 ↓ -29%
Humana BroadNetwork $402.64 ↓ -29%
Humana HumanaChoice $402.64 ↓ -29%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $402.64 ↓ -29%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $425.25 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $453.60 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $453.60 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $481.95 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $498.96 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $498.96 ↓ -12%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↑ +16%
United CorePayer $656.15 ↑ +16%
United HeritageSelect $656.15 ↑ +16%

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Nerve teasing preparations at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $309.12 $28.68 – $1,496.08
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna $404.58 $40.15 – $656.15
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $359.10 $109.25 – $767.52
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $188.10 $109.25 – $767.52
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $188.10 $109.25 – $767.52
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $182.40 $109.25 – $822.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $28.68 – $1,095.29
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $28.54 – $1,079.50

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