Virus isolation addl studies ea 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

$111.26

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.

$111.26

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.

$9.09 with Wellpoint vs $102.77 with BCBS — 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 $9.09 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.06 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMM $16.06 ↓ -86%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $20.20 ↓ -82%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $20.20 ↓ -82%
Bright Health SmallGroup $20.20 ↓ -82%
Bright Health HIX $20.20 ↓ -82%
HealthSpring DualEligible $20.20 ↓ -82%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $20.20 ↓ -82%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $20.20 ↓ -82%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $20.20 ↓ -82%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $20.20 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup MGMCR $20.20 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.20 ↓ -82%
United CorePayer $20.20 ↓ -82%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $20.20 ↓ -82%
United HeritageSelect $20.20 ↓ -82%
United VACCN $20.20 ↓ -82%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $20.40 ↓ -82%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $20.40 ↓ -82%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $20.40 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $20.48 ↓ -82%
United MGMCR $20.60 ↓ -81%
BCBS MCR $20.81 ↓ -81%
WellCare MCR $20.81 ↓ -81%
Zing MGMCR $20.81 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $21.01 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $21.14 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $21.14 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $21.14 ↓ -81%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $21.21 ↓ -81%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $21.21 ↓ -81%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $21.21 ↓ -81%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $21.21 ↓ -81%
Evergreen HMO MCR $21.21 ↓ -81%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $21.21 ↓ -81%
Signature Advantage MCR $21.41 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $21.81 ↓ -80%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $22.22 ↓ -80%
BCBS NetworkP $22.22 ↓ -80%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $23.23 ↓ -79%
Humana TRICARE $27.82 ↓ -75%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $29.09 ↓ -74%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.69 ↓ -73%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $29.69 ↓ -73%
United OptionsPPO $31.04 ↓ -72%
Cigna NewBusiness $35.76 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $36.27 ↓ -67%
Cigna OAP $40.61 ↓ -63%
Centurion PRISON $45.84 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $50.07 ↓ -55%
BCBS TENNCARE $55.12 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $55.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $55.63 ↓ -50%
BCBS COVERKIDS $59.74 ↓ -46%
Oscar HIX $60.60 ↓ -46%
Humana BH COMM $72.32 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMM $72.32 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $77.88 ↓ -30%
Humana HumanaChoice $80.80 ↓ -27%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $80.80 ↓ -27%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $80.80 ↓ -27%
Humana BroadNetwork $80.80 ↓ -27%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $83.44 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $89.01 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $89.01 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $94.57 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $97.91 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $97.91 ↓ -12%
BCBS BlueCare $102.77 ↓ -8%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $79.34 $7.27 – $77.88
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $24.87 $17.94 – $58.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $35.54 $17.64 – $58.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $34.20 $10.10 – $44.04
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $39.20 $14.17 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $39.20 $14.17 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $39.20 $14.17 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $39.20 $18.18 – $77.88

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