Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance 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

$1,154.28

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.

$1,154.28

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.

$50.00 with BCBS vs $1,015.77 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 TENNCARE $50.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $54.20 ↓ -95%
BCBS NetworkP $84.80 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueCare $93.23 ↓ -92%
Bright Health HIX $196.23 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $211.23 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $212.50 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $219.31 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $219.31 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $219.31 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $257.40 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $267.79 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $277.03 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $288.57 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $290.88 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $322.04 ↓ -72%
Aetna NewBusiness $323.20 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $330.12 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $376.30 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $380.91 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $475.56 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $519.43 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $577.14 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $577.14 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $750.28 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $750.28 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $808.00 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $865.71 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $923.42 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $923.42 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $981.14 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,015.77 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,015.77 ↓ -12%

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Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $399.50 $32.26 – $417.52
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $160.44 $48.01 – $379.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $76.82 $32.26 – $568.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $229.27 $48.01 – $379.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $92.40 $37.42 – $759.10
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $419.52 $25.88 – $411.50
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $92.40 $18.63 – $759.10
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $92.40 $31.06 – $771.71

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