Whfo w/joint(s) custom fab 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.

$459.72 with Wellpoint vs $750.88 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 $459.72
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $510.80
HealthSpring DualEligible $510.80
HealthSpring MCRHMO $510.80
HealthSpring MCRPOS $510.80
HealthSpring MCRPPO $510.80
Devoted Health Plan MCR $510.80
United VACCN $510.80
Amerigroup MGMCR $510.80
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $510.80
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $510.80
Aetna MGMCRPPO $515.91
Aetna MGMCRHMO $515.91
Aetna MGMCRSNP $515.91
United MGMCR $521.02
WellCare MCR $526.12
Zing MGMCR $526.12
BCBS MCR $526.12
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $536.34
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $536.34
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $536.34
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $536.34
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $536.34
Evergreen HMO MCR $536.34
Signature Advantage MCR $541.45
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $561.88
Bright Health MCRNarrow $587.42
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $735.55
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $750.88
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $750.88

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Whfo w/joint(s) custom fab at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $95.55 $536.04 – $1,168.57
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $93.84 $408.00 – $408.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $95.55 $498.52 – $1,168.57
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $95.55 $498.52 – $1,168.57
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $95.55 $503.88 – $1,168.57
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $95.55 $498.52 – $1,168.57
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $95.55 $510.80 – $1,168.57
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $95.55 $498.52 – $1,168.57

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →