Tc-99m medronate 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

$1,541.72

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.

$1,541.72

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.

$15.60 with BCBS vs $1,356.71 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 $15.60 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $16.45 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $18.70 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $170.82 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $170.82 ↓ -89%
United CorePayer $170.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $231.26 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $231.26 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $231.26 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $282.13 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $283.83 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $292.93 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $292.93 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $292.93 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $357.68 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $385.43 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $430.14 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $502.60 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $635.19 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $693.77 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $770.86 ↓ -50%
Signature Advantage MCR $770.86 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,002.12 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $1,002.12 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,079.20 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,156.29 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $1,233.38 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,233.38 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,310.46 ↓ -15%
Beech Street COMM $1,356.71 ↓ -12%
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,356.71 ↓ -12%

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Tc-99m medronate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $66.74 $20.42 – $109.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $29.12 $12.95 – $26.79
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.05 $23.34 – $31.34
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $107.13 $20.42 – $63.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $39.09 $20.42 – $63.85
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $39.08 $20.42 – $63.82
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $70.22 $20.42 – $114.68
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $19.05 $23.34 – $31.34

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