Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER

200 StoneCrest Blvd, Smyrna, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1992776405

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$4,419.07

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.

$4,419.07

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.

$261.00 with Humana vs $4,065.54 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
Humana BroadNetwork $261.00 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoice $261.00 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $261.00 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $261.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS TENNCARE $310.19 ↓ -93%
BCBS COVERKIDS $336.64 ↓ -92%
United HeritageSelect $341.20 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20 ↓ -92%
United CorePayer $341.20 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $459.25 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueCare $639.62 ↓ -86%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $813.55 ↓ -82%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $839.62 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $839.62 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $839.62 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $1,104.77 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $1,440.62 ↓ -67%
United OptionsPPO $1,599.70 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,988.58 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $2,209.53 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $2,209.53 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $3,093.35 ↓ -30%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $3,756.21 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $3,977.16 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $4,065.54 ↓ -8%

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Abdominal CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,020.27 $153.44 – $714.52
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $835.91 $176.05 – $1,976.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $915.86 $141.42 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,194.56 $176.05 – $1,976.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $617.10 $163.67 – $406.92
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $963.39 $151.23 – $714.52
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $963.39 $151.23 – $714.52
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $963.39 $151.23 – $714.52

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