Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) 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.

$30.76 with BCBS vs $910.69 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.

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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 NetworkP $30.76
BCBS TENNCARE $42.41
BCBS COVERKIDS $45.97
Aetna COMM $65.43
Aetna NewBusiness $65.43
BCBS BlueCare $78.90
Cigna NewBusiness $84.90
Humana HumanaChoice $89.60
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $89.60
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $89.60
Humana BroadNetwork $89.60
Cigna OAP $96.43
United CorePayer $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United HeritageSelect $154.52
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $190.52
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $196.63
Apex Health MCR $196.63
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $196.63
Humana TRICARE $258.72
United OptionsPPO $288.73
Cigna PPO $337.37
Centurion PRISON $426.37
United GlobalBenefitPlan $465.69
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $517.43
Aetna NAP $517.43
Multiplan COMM $672.67
Humana BH COMM $672.67
Employers Health Network COMM $724.41
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $776.15
ComPsych COMM $827.90
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $827.90
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $879.64
Prime Health COMMPPO $910.69
Beech Street COMM $910.69

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Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $156.23 $29.66 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $64.24 $43.40 – $151.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $146.74 $29.66 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $91.80 $44.14 – $151.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $34.41 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $151.50 $29.66 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $156.05 $29.66 – $179.33
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $99.82 $31.46 – $161.01

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →