Assay of blood lipoprotein 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.

$5.74 with Wellpoint vs $51.00 with Humana — 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 $5.74
Aetna COMM $10.13
Aetna NewBusiness $10.13
BCBS NetworkP $10.64
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.75
Bright Health HIX $12.75
HealthSpring DualEligible $12.75
HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.75
HealthSpring MCRPOS $12.75
HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.75
Devoted Health Plan MCR $12.75
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $12.75
Amerigroup MGMCR $12.75
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $12.75
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $12.75
United VACCN $12.75
United AllPayerAppendix $12.75
United CorePayer $12.75
United HeritageSelect $12.75
Aetna MGMCRPPO $12.88
Aetna MGMCRSNP $12.88
Aetna MGMCRHMO $12.88
United MGMCR $13.01
Zing MGMCR $13.13
WellCare MCR $13.13
BCBS MCR $13.13
Ambetter Select $13.26
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.39
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.39
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.39
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.39
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.39
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.39
Signature Advantage MCR $13.52
Ambetter CORE $13.77
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.03
Bright Health MCRNarrow $14.66
BCBS TENNCARE $18.06
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.36
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.74
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $18.74
BCBS COVERKIDS $19.61
Cigna NewBusiness $22.49
Cigna OAP $25.54
BCBS BlueCare $37.28
Oscar HIX $38.25
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $51.00
Humana BroadNetwork $51.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $51.00
Humana HumanaChoice $51.00

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Assay of blood lipoprotein at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $12.40 $11.09 – $25.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $4.59 – $45.14
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $8.16 – $45.14
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $8.16 – $45.14
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $8.16 – $45.14
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $11.47 – $45.14
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $11.48 – $45.14
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $5.74 – $38.25

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