Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration 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

$1,905.98

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.

$1,905.98

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.

$43.94 with BCBS vs $1,677.26 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 TENNCARE $43.94 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $47.63 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $81.93 ↓ -96%
Bright Health HIX $324.02 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $348.79 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $350.89 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $362.14 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $362.14 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $362.14 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $425.03 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $438.38 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $442.19 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $457.44 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $476.50 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $480.31 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $531.77 ↓ -72%
Aetna NewBusiness $533.67 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $545.11 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $621.35 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMM $628.97 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $785.26 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $857.69 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $952.99 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $952.99 ↓ -50%
Humana BH COMM $1,238.89 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $1,238.89 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,334.19 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,429.48 ↓ -25%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,524.78 ↓ -20%
ComPsych COMM $1,524.78 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,620.08 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,677.26 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $1,677.26 ↓ -12%

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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $510.81 $28.35 – $417.52
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $293.64 $42.19 – $694.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $155.94 $28.35 – $568.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $419.62 $42.19 – $694.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $194.55 $32.89 – $759.10
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $536.34 $28.35 – $411.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $536.34 $28.35 – $411.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $536.34 $42.36 – $411.50

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