Artery x-rays chest 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

$14,374.93

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.

$14,374.93

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.

$109.90 with BCBS vs $13,224.94 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 $109.90 ↓ -99%
Humana BroadNetwork $209.76 ↓ -99%
Humana HumanaChoice $209.76 ↓ -99%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $209.76 ↓ -99%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $209.76 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $217.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $217.05 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $344.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $391.08 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $460.23 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $499.48 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueCare $949.01 ↓ -93%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $2,646.42 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $2,731.24 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $2,731.24 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $2,731.24 ↓ -81%
United HeritageSelect $3,365.20 ↓ -77%
United CorePayer $3,365.20 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,365.20 ↓ -77%
Humana TRICARE $3,593.73 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $4,686.23 ↓ -67%
United OptionsPPO $5,203.72 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $6,468.72 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $7,187.47 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $7,187.47 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $10,062.45 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $10,781.20 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $12,218.69 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $12,937.44 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $13,224.94 ↓ -8%

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Artery x-rays chest at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $783.65 $132.33 – $4,434.05
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $899.84 $197.37 – $2,128.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,285.92 $197.37 – $2,128.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.10 $208.46 – $6,423.11
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $868.31 $132.33 – $4,434.05
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $443.90 $208.46 – $2,515.21
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $452.10 $208.46 – $6,423.11
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $452.10 $208.46 – $6,529.86

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