Platelet pheresis each unit 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

$1,155.00

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.

$1,155.00

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.

$196.35 with Bright Health vs $1,016.40 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.

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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
Bright Health HIX $196.35 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $211.37 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $212.64 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $219.45 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $219.45 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $219.45 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $257.56 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $265.65 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $267.96 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $277.20 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $288.75 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $291.06 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $322.25 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMM $327.24 ↓ -72%
Aetna NewBusiness $327.24 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $330.33 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $376.53 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $475.86 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $519.75 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $577.50 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $577.50 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $750.75 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $750.75 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $808.50 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $866.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $924.00 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $924.00 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $981.75 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,016.40 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,016.40 ↓ -12%

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Platelet pheresis each unit at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,027.72 $293.69 – $2,430.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $718.06 $315.49 – $725.26
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,468.66 $293.69 – $2,430.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $108.15 $267.75 – $673.53
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $106.26 $220.84 – $462.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $108.15 $159.00 – $673.53
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $108.15 $265.00 – $721.00
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $108.15 $267.75 – $673.53

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