Special radiation treatment 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

$6,000.64

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.

$6,000.64

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.

$40.86 with BCBS vs $5,280.56 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 $40.86 ↓ -99%
Humana BroadNetwork $104.40 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoice $104.40 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $104.40 ↓ -98%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $104.40 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $123.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $140.78 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $208.97 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $208.97 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $451.24 ↓ -92%
BCBS COVERKIDS $489.10 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueCare $839.36 ↓ -86%
Bright Health HIX $1,020.11 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,098.12 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $1,104.72 ↓ -82%
Ambetter CORE $1,338.14 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $1,392.15 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $1,440.15 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $1,500.16 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $1,674.18 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $1,956.21 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $2,472.26 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,700.29 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $3,000.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $3,000.32 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $3,900.42 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $3,900.42 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $4,200.45 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $4,500.48 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $4,800.51 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $4,800.51 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $5,100.54 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $5,280.56 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $5,280.56 ↓ -12%

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Special radiation treatment at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $785.24 $43.10 – $775.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $358.76 $50.97 – $848.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $512.68 $50.97 – $848.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $560.40 $67.15 – $1,124.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $785.24 $43.10 – $775.60
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $560.40 $67.15 – $1,124.01
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $560.40 $67.15 – $1,258.01
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $560.40 $67.15 – $1,093.66

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