Alginate dressing <=16 sq in 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

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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.

$9.44 with Wellpoint vs $15.42 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 $9.44
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $10.49
HealthSpring DualEligible $10.49
HealthSpring MCRHMO $10.49
HealthSpring MCRPOS $10.49
HealthSpring MCRPPO $10.49
Devoted Health Plan MCR $10.49
United VACCN $10.49
Amerigroup MGMCR $10.49
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $10.49
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $10.49
Aetna MGMCRPPO $10.59
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.59
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.59
United MGMCR $10.70
WellCare MCR $10.80
Zing MGMCR $10.80
BCBS MCR $10.80
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.01
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.01
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.01
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.01
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.01
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.01
Signature Advantage MCR $11.12
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $11.54
Bright Health MCRNarrow $12.06
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $15.11
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.42
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $15.42

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Alginate dressing <=16 sq in at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $10.49 – $15.42
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $10.18 – $15.42
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $9.44 – $15.42
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $7.55 – $15.42
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $7.55 – $15.42
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $9.44 – $15.42
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $7.59 – $11.01
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $10.49 – $11.01

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