Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$386.00

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.

$386.00

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.

$22.20 with BCBS vs $339.68 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 $22.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $25.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $25.74 ↓ -93%
BCBS TENNCARE $29.34 ↓ -92%
BCBS COVERKIDS $31.80 ↓ -92%
United CorePayer $33.84 ↓ -91%
United HeritageSelect $33.84 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $43.84 ↓ -89%
Cigna OAP $49.79 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueCare $54.71 ↓ -86%
Bright Health HIX $65.62 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $70.64 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $71.06 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $73.34 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $73.34 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $73.34 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $86.08 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $89.55 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $92.64 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $96.50 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $107.69 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $125.84 ↓ -67%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $125.96 ↓ -67%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $125.96 ↓ -67%
Humana BroadNetwork $125.96 ↓ -67%
Humana HumanaChoice $125.96 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $159.03 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $173.70 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $193.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $193.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $250.90 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $250.90 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $270.20 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $289.50 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $308.80 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $308.80 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $328.10 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $339.68 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $339.68 ↓ -12%

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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $275.45 $18.93 – $116.27
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $47.07 $28.17 – $111.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $67.26 $28.17 – $111.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $91.65 $21.96 – $120.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $275.45 $12.32 – $116.27
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $275.45 $12.32 – $116.27
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $275.48 $12.32 – $116.27
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $275.45 $18.93 – $116.27

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