Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout 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

$476.33

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.

$476.33

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.

$6.48 with Wellpoint vs $438.22 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $6.48 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $11.46 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $11.46 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.41 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.41 ↓ -97%
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.41 ↓ -97%
Bright Health HIX $14.41 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring DualEligible $14.41 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.41 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRPOS $14.41 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.41 ↓ -97%
United CorePayer $14.41 ↓ -97%
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $14.41 ↓ -97%
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $14.41 ↓ -97%
United VACCN $14.41 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.41 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.41 ↓ -97%
United HeritageSelect $14.41 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.55 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $14.70 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCR $14.84 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCR $14.84 ↓ -97%
Zing MGMCR $14.84 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Select $14.99 ↓ -97%
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.13 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.13 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.13 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.13 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.13 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.13 ↓ -97%
Signature Advantage MCR $15.27 ↓ -97%
Ambetter CORE $15.56 ↓ -97%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.85 ↓ -97%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.57 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $19.66 ↓ -96%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.75 ↓ -96%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.18 ↓ -96%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.18 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95 ↓ -95%
Cigna OAP $29.47 ↓ -94%
BCBS TENNCARE $42.70 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $43.23 ↓ -91%
BCBS COVERKIDS $46.36 ↓ -90%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $57.64 ↓ -88%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $57.64 ↓ -88%
Humana BroadNetwork $57.64 ↓ -88%
Humana HumanaChoice $57.64 ↓ -88%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $87.69 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueCare $88.15 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $90.50 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $90.50 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $90.50 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $119.08 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $155.28 ↓ -67%
United OptionsPPO $172.43 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $214.35 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $238.16 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $238.16 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $333.43 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $357.25 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $404.88 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $428.70 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $438.22 ↓ -8%

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Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $237.50 $5.19 – $55.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $66.31 $12.80 – $156.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $94.76 $12.80 – $156.80
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $237.50 $10.11 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $237.50 $10.11 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $237.50 $10.11 – $57.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $237.50 $12.97 – $55.30
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $25.35 $6.48 – $31.41

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