Uric acid blood 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.

$2.03 with Wellpoint vs $381.45 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $2.03
Aetna NewBusiness $3.59
Aetna COMM $3.59
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.52
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.52
Bright Health HIX $4.52
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.52
HealthSpring DualEligible $4.52
HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.52
HealthSpring MCRPOS $4.52
HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.52
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $4.52
United HeritageSelect $4.52
United VACCN $4.52
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $4.52
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.52
United CorePayer $4.52
United AllPayerAppendix $4.52
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.57
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.57
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.57
United MGMCR $4.61
BCBS MCR $4.66
WellCare MCR $4.66
Zing MGMCR $4.66
Ambetter Select $4.70
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.75
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.75
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.75
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.75
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.75
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.75
Signature Advantage MCR $4.79
Ambetter CORE $4.88
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.97
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.20
BCBS NetworkP $6.16
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.51
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.64
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.64
Cigna NewBusiness $8.08
Cigna OAP $9.18
BCBS TENNCARE $13.18
Oscar HIX $13.56
BCBS COVERKIDS $14.28
Humana BroadNetwork $18.08
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $18.08
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $18.08
Humana HumanaChoice $18.08
BCBS BlueCare $24.57
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $79.80
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $82.36
Apex Health MCR $82.36
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $82.36
Humana TRICARE $108.37
United OptionsPPO $120.94
Cigna PPO $141.31
Centurion PRISON $178.59
United GlobalBenefitPlan $195.06
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $216.74
Aetna NAP $216.74
Multiplan COMM $281.76
Humana BH COMM $281.76
Employers Health Network COMM $303.43
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $325.10
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $346.78
ComPsych COMM $346.78
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $368.45
Beech Street COMM $381.45
Prime Health COMMPPO $381.45

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Uric acid blood at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $42.81 $1.63 – $18.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $75.78 $4.01 – $179.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $50.14 $3.93 – $9.04
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $108.29 $4.01 – $179.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $7.95 $2.26 – $9.85
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $42.81 $3.17 – $18.06
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $42.81 $3.17 – $18.06
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $42.81 $3.17 – $18.06

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