Assay neurflmnt light chain 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.

$104.61 with Wellpoint vs $348.69 with Oscar — 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 $104.61
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $116.23
HealthSpring DualEligible $116.23
HealthSpring MCRHMO $116.23
HealthSpring MCRPOS $116.23
HealthSpring MCRPPO $116.23
Devoted Health Plan MCR $116.23
United VACCN $116.23
United AllPayerAppendix $116.23
United CorePayer $116.23
United HeritageSelect $116.23
Amerigroup MGMCR $116.23
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $116.23
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $116.23
Aetna MGMCRPPO $117.39
Aetna MGMCRHMO $117.39
Aetna MGMCRSNP $117.39
United MGMCR $118.55
Zing MGMCR $119.72
BCBS MCR $119.72
WellCare MCR $119.72
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $122.04
Evergreen HMO MCR $122.04
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $122.04
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $122.04
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $122.04
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $122.04
Signature Advantage MCR $123.20
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $127.85
Bright Health MCRNarrow $133.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $167.37
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $170.86
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $170.86
Oscar HIX $348.69

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Assay neurflmnt light chain at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $158.66 $107.20 – $375.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $226.73 $112.56 – $375.20
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $425.37 $52.30 – $1,160.10
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $425.37 $52.30 – $1,160.10
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $425.37 $52.30 – $1,160.10
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $425.37 $52.30 – $1,160.10
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $412.48 $52.30 – $1,160.10
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $386.70 $52.30 – $1,160.10

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