CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) 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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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.

$154.52 with United vs $2,990.29 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
United HeritageSelect $154.52
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52
United CorePayer $154.52
BCBS TENNCARE $181.04
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $186.28
Humana HumanaChoice $186.28
Humana BroadNetwork $186.28
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $186.28
BCBS COVERKIDS $196.48
BCBS BlueCare $373.30
Aetna COMM $459.25
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $598.38
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $617.56
Apex Health MCR $617.56
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $617.56
Humana TRICARE $812.58
Cigna PPO $1,059.60
United OptionsPPO $1,176.61
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,462.64
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $1,625.15
Aetna NAP $1,625.15
Employers Health Network COMM $2,275.22
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $2,762.76
Multiplan COMM $2,925.28
Beech Street COMM $2,990.29

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CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $640.52 $91.66 – $562.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $694.72 $78.34 – $1,642.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $688.16 $84.48 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $992.79 $78.34 – $1,642.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $531.75 $97.56 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $701.21 $90.33 – $562.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $701.21 $90.33 – $555.11
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $667.80 $90.33 – $555.11

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