Straight knee joint heavy du 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

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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.

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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.

$138.53 with Wellpoint vs $226.26 with NovaNET — 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 $138.53
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $153.92
HealthSpring DualEligible $153.92
HealthSpring MCRHMO $153.92
HealthSpring MCRPOS $153.92
HealthSpring MCRPPO $153.92
Devoted Health Plan MCR $153.92
United VACCN $153.92
Amerigroup MGMCR $153.92
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $153.92
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $153.92
Aetna MGMCRPPO $155.46
Aetna MGMCRHMO $155.46
Aetna MGMCRSNP $155.46
United MGMCR $157.00
WellCare MCR $158.54
Zing MGMCR $158.54
BCBS MCR $158.54
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $161.62
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $161.62
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $161.62
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $161.62
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $161.62
Evergreen HMO MCR $161.62
Signature Advantage MCR $163.16
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $169.31
Bright Health MCRNarrow $177.01
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $221.64
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $226.26
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $226.26

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Straight knee joint heavy du at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $153.92 – $226.26
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $149.30 – $226.26
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $138.53 – $226.26
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $110.82 – $226.26
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $110.82 – $226.26
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $138.53 – $226.26
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $76.62 – $161.62
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $153.92 – $161.62

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →