Procalcitonin 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

$846.00

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.

$846.00

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.

$12.25 with Wellpoint vs $744.48 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $12.25 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $21.65 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $21.65 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $23.73 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $27.22 ↓ -97%
Bright Health SmallGroup $27.22 ↓ -97%
Bright Health HIX $27.22 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring DualEligible $27.22 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $27.22 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $27.22 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $27.22 ↓ -97%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $27.22 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $27.22 ↓ -97%
United CorePayer $27.22 ↓ -97%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $27.22 ↓ -97%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $27.22 ↓ -97%
United HeritageSelect $27.22 ↓ -97%
United VACCN $27.22 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $27.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $27.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $27.49 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $27.76 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCR $28.04 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCR $28.04 ↓ -97%
Zing MGMCR $28.04 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Select $28.31 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $28.58 ↓ -97%
Evergreen HMO MCR $28.58 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $28.58 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $28.58 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $28.58 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $28.58 ↓ -97%
Signature Advantage MCR $28.85 ↓ -97%
Ambetter CORE $29.40 ↓ -97%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $29.94 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $31.30 ↓ -96%
BCBS TENNCARE $34.97 ↓ -96%
BCBS COVERKIDS $37.90 ↓ -96%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $39.20 ↓ -95%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $40.01 ↓ -95%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.01 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $48.46 ↓ -94%
Cigna OAP $55.03 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueCare $65.20 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $81.66 ↓ -90%
Humana BroadNetwork $108.88 ↓ -87%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $108.88 ↓ -87%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $108.88 ↓ -87%
Humana HumanaChoice $108.88 ↓ -87%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $155.75 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $160.74 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $160.74 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $160.74 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $211.50 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $236.03 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $275.80 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $348.55 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $380.70 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $423.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $423.00 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $549.90 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $549.90 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $592.20 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $634.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $676.80 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $676.80 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $719.10 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $744.48 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $744.48 ↓ -12%

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Procalcitonin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $91.44 $9.80 – $103.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $48.25 $23.79 – $114.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $117.99 $22.56 – $54.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $68.95 $23.79 – $114.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.45 $13.61 – $59.34
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84

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