Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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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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.

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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.

$7.55 with Wellpoint vs $611.37 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $7.55
Aetna NewBusiness $13.33
Aetna COMM $13.33
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.77
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.77
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.77
Bright Health HIX $16.77
HealthSpring DualEligible $16.77
HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.77
HealthSpring MCRPOS $16.77
HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.77
United CorePayer $16.77
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $16.77
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $16.77
United VACCN $16.77
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.77
United HeritageSelect $16.77
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.94
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.94
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.94
United MGMCR $17.11
WellCare MCR $17.27
BCBS MCR $17.27
Zing MGMCR $17.27
Ambetter Select $17.44
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.61
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.61
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.61
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.61
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.61
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.61
Signature Advantage MCR $17.78
Ambetter CORE $18.11
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.45
Bright Health MCRNarrow $19.29
BCBS NetworkP $22.89
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.15
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $24.65
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $24.65
Cigna NewBusiness $29.99
Cigna OAP $34.06
BCBS TENNCARE $38.33
BCBS COVERKIDS $41.62
Oscar HIX $50.31
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $67.08
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $67.08
Humana BroadNetwork $67.08
Humana HumanaChoice $67.08
BCBS BlueCare $79.13
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $122.34
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $126.26
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $126.26
Apex Health MCR $126.26
Humana TRICARE $166.13
Cigna PPO $216.64
United OptionsPPO $240.56
United GlobalBenefitPlan $299.04
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $332.26
Aetna NAP $332.26
Employers Health Network COMM $465.17
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $498.40
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $564.85
Multiplan COMM $598.08
Beech Street COMM $611.37

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $80.12 $6.04 – $65.46
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $27.24 $14.90 – $64.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $67.62 $14.59 – $33.54
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $38.92 $14.90 – $64.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $29.40 $8.39 – $36.56
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $80.12 $11.76 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $80.12 $11.76 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $80.12 $11.76 – $65.46

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