Thyroid uptake measurement 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

$2,808.62

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.

$2,808.62

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.

$34.40 with Humana vs $2,471.59 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
Humana BroadNetwork $34.40 ↓ -99%
Humana HumanaChoice $34.40 ↓ -99%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $34.40 ↓ -99%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $34.40 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $60.71 ↓ -98%
BCBS TENNCARE $76.88 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $83.33 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $108.55 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $108.55 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $143.00 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $230.18 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $261.46 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -83%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -83%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $517.07 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $533.64 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $533.64 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $533.64 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $702.15 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $783.60 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $915.61 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,157.15 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,263.88 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,404.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,404.31 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,825.60 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $1,825.60 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,966.03 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,106.47 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $2,246.90 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $2,246.90 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,387.33 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,471.59 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $2,471.59 ↓ -12%

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Thyroid uptake measurement at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $325.98 $53.76 – $589.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $134.09 $80.01 – $317.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $292.33 $53.76 – $733.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $191.62 $80.01 – $317.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $62.36 – $813.24
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $257.97 $53.76 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $325.98 $53.76 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $325.98 $53.76 – $589.01

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