Bundled special stain group 2 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

$188.18

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.

$188.18

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.

$3.95 with BCBS vs $173.13 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 TENNCARE $3.95 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $4.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $8.15 ↓ -96%
Bright Health HIX $31.99 ↓ -83%
United CorePayer $33.84 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -82%
United HeritageSelect $33.84 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $34.44 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $34.64 ↓ -82%
Apex Health MCR $35.75 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $35.75 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $35.75 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $41.96 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Select $43.66 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $45.16 ↓ -76%
Humana HumanaChoice $46.24 ↓ -75%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $46.24 ↓ -75%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $46.24 ↓ -75%
Humana BroadNetwork $46.24 ↓ -75%
Humana TRICARE $47.05 ↓ -75%
BCBS NetworkP $48.12 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $58.40 ↓ -69%
Aetna NewBusiness $58.40 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $61.35 ↓ -67%
United OptionsPPO $68.12 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $84.68 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $94.09 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $94.09 ↓ -50%
Cigna NewBusiness $121.47 ↓ -35%
Employers Health Network COMM $131.73 ↓ -30%
Cigna OAP $137.95 ↓ -27%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $141.13 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $159.95 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $169.36 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $173.13 ↓ -8%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $30.56 $2.82 – $185.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $92.65 $4.20 – $219.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $103.96 $2.82 – $235.40
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Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $70.65 $9.24 – $270.65
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $30.56 $2.82 – $185.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $30.56 $2.82 – $185.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $30.56 $4.21 – $185.76

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