Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$731.89

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.

$731.89

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.

$22.12 with BCBS vs $673.34 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 $22.12 ↓ -97%
BCBS TENNCARE $23.65 ↓ -97%
BCBS COVERKIDS $25.66 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueCare $48.76 ↓ -93%
Humana BroadNetwork $50.40 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoice $50.40 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $50.40 ↓ -93%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $50.40 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $57.15 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $57.15 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $83.86 ↓ -89%
United CorePayer $83.86 ↓ -89%
United HeritageSelect $83.86 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $92.37 ↓ -87%
Cigna OAP $104.92 ↓ -86%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $134.74 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $139.06 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $139.06 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $139.06 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $182.97 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $238.60 ↓ -67%
United OptionsPPO $264.94 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $329.35 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $365.94 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $365.94 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $512.32 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $548.92 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $622.11 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $658.70 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $673.34 ↓ -8%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $90.57 $18.33 – $127.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $99.16 $27.28 – $234.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $141.71 $27.28 – $234.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $72.75 $21.26 – $177.03
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $94.35 $18.33 – $127.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $89.87 $18.33 – $127.70
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $71.53 $21.26 – $87.38
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $72.75 $21.26 – $177.03

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