Special radiation dosimetry 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

$1,327.28

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.

$1,327.28

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.

$16.26 with BCBS vs $1,168.01 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
BCBS NetworkP $16.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS TENNCARE $20.72 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $22.46 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $38.54 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $61.46 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $67.36 ↓ -95%
Humana BroadNetwork $67.36 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $67.36 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoice $67.36 ↓ -95%
Cigna OAP $69.81 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $101.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $101.52 ↓ -92%
Bright Health HIX $225.64 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $242.89 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $244.35 ↓ -82%
Ambetter CORE $295.98 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $307.93 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $318.55 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $331.82 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $370.31 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $432.69 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $546.84 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $597.28 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $663.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $663.64 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $862.73 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $862.73 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $929.10 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $995.46 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,061.82 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $1,061.82 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,128.19 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,168.01 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,168.01 ↓ -12%

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Special radiation dosimetry at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $244.74 $14.49 – $178.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $249.83 $21.57 – $590.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $357.02 $21.57 – $590.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $116.55 $16.81 – $273.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $244.74 $14.49 – $178.01
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $116.55 $16.81 – $273.42
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $116.55 $16.81 – $306.02
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $116.55 $20.43 – $266.04

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