Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging 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

$1,381.69

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.

$1,381.69

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.

$132.36 with Humana vs $1,215.89 with Prime Health — 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
Humana BroadNetwork $132.36 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoice $132.36 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $132.36 ↓ -90%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $132.36 ↓ -90%
BCBS NetworkP $149.80 ↓ -89%
BCBS TENNCARE $169.08 ↓ -88%
BCBS COVERKIDS $183.27 ↓ -87%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $254.37 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $262.52 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $262.52 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $262.52 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $271.54 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMM $271.54 ↓ -80%
BCBS BlueCare $314.52 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $345.42 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $385.49 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $450.43 ↓ -67%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -66%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -66%
Cigna NewBusiness $472.29 ↓ -66%
Cigna OAP $536.46 ↓ -61%
Centurion PRISON $569.26 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $621.76 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $690.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $690.85 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $898.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $898.10 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $967.18 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,036.27 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,105.35 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $1,105.35 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,174.44 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,215.89 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,215.89 ↓ -12%

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Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $345.14 $175.98 – $816.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $481.16 $118.24 – $733.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $493.22 $175.98 – $816.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $137.16 – $1,154.30
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $657.60 $100.20 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $657.60 $100.20 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $657.60 $100.20 – $589.01
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $452.25 $72.87 – $1,252.56

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