Amino acid screen, urine 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.

$6.24 with Wellpoint vs $60.86 with BCBS — 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 $6.24
Aetna COMM $11.02
Aetna NewBusiness $11.02
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $13.87
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.87
Bright Health HIX $13.87
HealthSpring DualEligible $13.87
HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.87
HealthSpring MCRPOS $13.87
HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.87
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $13.87
United HeritageSelect $13.87
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.87
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.87
United VACCN $13.87
United AllPayerAppendix $13.87
United CorePayer $13.87
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.87
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.01
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.01
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.01
United MGMCR $14.15
Zing MGMCR $14.29
WellCare MCR $14.29
BCBS MCR $14.29
Ambetter Select $14.42
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $14.56
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $14.56
Evergreen HMO MCR $14.56
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $14.56
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $14.56
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $14.56
Signature Advantage MCR $14.70
Ambetter CORE $14.98
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.26
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.95
BCBS NetworkP $18.91
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.97
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $20.39
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $20.39
Cigna NewBusiness $24.80
Cigna OAP $28.16
BCBS TENNCARE $29.48
BCBS COVERKIDS $32.01
Oscar HIX $41.61
Humana HumanaChoice $55.48
Humana BroadNetwork $55.48
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $55.48
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $55.48
BCBS BlueCare $60.86

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Amino acid screen, urine at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $23.92 $9.82 – $30.31
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $24.30 $6.24 – $30.24
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $24.30 $6.94 – $33.29
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $24.30 $6.94 – $33.29
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $10.92 $13.18 – $27.74
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $24.30 $6.94 – $30.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $4.99 – $54.18
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $9.72 – $54.18

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