Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution 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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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.

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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.

$9.40 with Cigna vs $74.56 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
Cigna NewBusiness $9.40
BCBS NetworkP $9.95
Cigna OAP $10.69
Aetna MGMCRSNP $12.16
Aetna MGMCRPPO $12.16
Aetna MGMCRHMO $12.16
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $14.92
Ambetter Select $18.80
Humana TRICARE $20.26
United AllPayerAppendix $21.25
United CorePayer $21.25
United HeritageSelect $21.25
Cigna PPO $26.42
United OptionsPPO $29.34
United GlobalBenefitPlan $36.47
Signature Advantage MCR $40.52
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $40.52
Employers Health Network COMM $56.73
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $60.78
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $68.88
Multiplan COMM $72.94
Beech Street COMM $74.56

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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $48.26 $9.25 – $41.25
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $41.10 $7.39 – $55.45
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $61.67 $7.93 – $41.25
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $58.73 $7.39 – $55.45
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $24.08 $7.69 – $18.92
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $16.53 $9.25 – $41.25
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $16.53 $9.25 – $41.25
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $16.53 $9.25 – $41.25

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