Specific gravity body fluid 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

$44.00

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.

$44.00

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.

$1.48 with Wellpoint vs $38.72 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 $1.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $2.61 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $2.61 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $3.20 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $3.28 ↓ -93%
Bright Health SmallGroup $3.28 ↓ -93%
Bright Health HIX $3.28 ↓ -93%
HealthSpring DualEligible $3.28 ↓ -93%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.28 ↓ -93%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $3.28 ↓ -93%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.28 ↓ -93%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $3.28 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCR $3.28 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $3.28 ↓ -93%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $3.28 ↓ -93%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $3.28 ↓ -93%
United HeritageSelect $3.28 ↓ -93%
United VACCN $3.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $3.31 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $3.31 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $3.31 ↓ -92%
United MGMCR $3.35 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCR $3.38 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCR $3.38 ↓ -92%
Zing MGMCR $3.38 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Select $3.41 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $3.44 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $3.44 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $3.44 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $3.44 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $3.44 ↓ -92%
Evergreen HMO MCR $3.44 ↓ -92%
Signature Advantage MCR $3.48 ↓ -92%
Ambetter CORE $3.54 ↓ -92%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $3.61 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $3.77 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4.72 ↓ -89%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4.82 ↓ -89%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $4.82 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $5.77 ↓ -87%
BCBS TENNCARE $5.98 ↓ -86%
BCBS COVERKIDS $6.48 ↓ -85%
Cigna OAP $6.55 ↓ -85%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $8.10 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $8.36 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $8.36 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $8.36 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $9.84 ↓ -78%
Humana TRICARE $11.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueCare $11.16 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $12.28 ↓ -72%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $13.12 ↓ -70%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $13.12 ↓ -70%
Humana BroadNetwork $13.12 ↓ -70%
Humana HumanaChoice $13.12 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $14.34 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $18.13 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $19.80 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $22.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $22.00 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $28.60 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $28.60 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $30.80 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $33.00 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $35.20 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $35.20 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $37.40 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $38.72 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $38.72 ↓ -12%

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $29.67 $1.18 – $10.16
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $16.28 $2.23 – $38.50
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Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $29.67 $1.76 – $10.16
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $29.67 $1.76 – $10.16

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