X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view 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

$505.77

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.

$505.77

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.

$22.24 with BCBS vs $445.08 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 NetworkP $22.24 ↓ -96%
BCBS TENNCARE $26.37 ↓ -95%
BCBS COVERKIDS $28.58 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $49.00 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $49.00 ↓ -90%
Humana BroadNetwork $49.00 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoice $49.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueCare $49.05 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $56.65 ↓ -89%
Aetna NewBusiness $56.65 ↓ -89%
United HeritageSelect $83.86 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86 ↓ -83%
United CorePayer $83.86 ↓ -83%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $93.11 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $96.10 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $96.10 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $96.10 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $97.70 ↓ -81%
Cigna OAP $110.98 ↓ -78%
Humana TRICARE $126.44 ↓ -75%
United OptionsPPO $141.11 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $164.88 ↓ -67%
Centurion PRISON $208.38 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $227.60 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $252.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $252.88 ↓ -50%
Multiplan COMM $328.75 ↓ -35%
Humana BH COMM $328.75 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $354.04 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $379.33 ↓ -25%
ComPsych COMM $404.62 ↓ -20%
Cigna Evernorth Behavioral Health COMM $404.62 ↓ -20%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $429.90 ↓ -15%
Prime Health COMMPPO $445.08 ↓ -12%
Beech Street COMM $445.08 ↓ -12%

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $91.31 $18.44 – $160.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $65.85 $21.39 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $127.17 $18.44 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $127.17 $18.44 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $127.17 $26.77 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $131.79 $18.44 – $127.70
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $64.63 $21.39 – $87.38
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $65.85 $21.39 – $177.03

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