X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study 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

$3,043.42

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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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$3,043.42

Gross charge

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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.

$90.49 with BCBS vs $2,678.21 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
BCBS TENNCARE $90.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $98.08 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $154.34 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueCare $168.32 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $234.76 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $234.76 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoice $234.76 ↓ -92%
Humana BroadNetwork $234.76 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $310.02 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $310.02 ↓ -90%
United HeritageSelect $341.20 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20 ↓ -89%
United CorePayer $341.20 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $498.31 ↓ -84%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $560.29 ↓ -82%
Cigna OAP $566.01 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $578.25 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $578.25 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $578.25 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $760.86 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $849.11 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $992.15 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $1,253.89 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,369.54 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,521.71 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $1,521.71 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $1,978.22 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $1,978.22 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $2,130.39 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $2,282.57 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $2,434.74 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $2,434.74 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,586.91 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $2,678.21 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $2,678.21 ↓ -12%

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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $286.13 $63.28 – $431.74
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $338.92 $94.18 – $801.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $230.00 $63.28 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $484.34 $94.18 – $801.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $118.80 $73.40 – $356.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $377.21 $63.28 – $431.74
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $377.21 $63.28 – $431.74
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $359.24 $70.40 – $431.74

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