CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation 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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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 (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.

$114.84 with BCBS vs $1,607.34 with Beech Street — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $114.84
BCBS COVERKIDS $124.63
Humana HumanaChoice $215.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $215.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $215.84
Humana BroadNetwork $215.84
BCBS BlueCare $236.79
Aetna MGMCRHMO $262.07
Aetna MGMCRPPO $262.07
Aetna MGMCRSNP $262.07
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $321.64
Apex Health MCR $331.95
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $331.95
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $331.95
BCBS NetworkP $401.84
Humana TRICARE $436.78
Cigna NewBusiness $440.27
Aetna COMM $459.25
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25
Cigna OAP $499.67
Cigna PPO $569.56
United OptionsPPO $632.45
United GlobalBenefitPlan $786.20
Signature Advantage MCR $873.55
Aetna NAP $873.55
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $873.55
Employers Health Network COMM $1,222.98
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,310.33
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,485.04
Multiplan COMM $1,572.40
Beech Street COMM $1,607.34

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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $256.19 $71.59 – $562.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $207.80 $129.23 – $491.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $296.95 $129.23 – $491.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $83.10 $103.26 – $269.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $618.00 $71.59 – $551.54
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $618.00 $71.59 – $551.54
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $588.56 $71.59 – $551.54
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $255.93 $71.59 – $551.54

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →