X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 views 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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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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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.

$21.51 with BCBS vs $1,231.38 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

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

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 $21.51
BCBS NetworkP $22.57
BCBS COVERKIDS $23.31
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.84
Humana BroadNetwork $32.84
Humana HumanaChoice $32.84
BCBS BlueCare $40.01
Aetna COMM $50.72
Aetna NewBusiness $50.72
United HeritageSelect $83.86
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86
United CorePayer $83.86
Cigna NewBusiness $93.44
Cigna OAP $106.13
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $257.61
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $265.87
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $265.87
Apex Health MCR $265.87
Humana TRICARE $349.82
United OptionsPPO $390.40
Cigna PPO $456.17
Centurion PRISON $576.51
United GlobalBenefitPlan $629.68
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $699.65
Aetna NAP $699.65
Multiplan COMM $909.54
Humana BH COMM $909.54
Employers Health Network COMM $979.51
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,049.47
ComPsych COMM $1,119.44
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $1,119.44
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,189.40
Prime Health COMMPPO $1,231.38
Beech Street COMM $1,231.38

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X-ray nasal bones complete > 3 views at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $91.26 $15.04 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $216.97 $22.38 – $513.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $100.97 $15.04 – $160.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $310.06 $22.38 – $513.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $17.45 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $147.12 $15.04 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $147.12 $15.04 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $140.12 $22.18 – $127.70

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →