Init ak ischal plstr direct 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.

$1,957.14 with Wellpoint vs $3,196.66 with NovaNET — 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 $1,957.14
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $2,174.60
HealthSpring DualEligible $2,174.60
HealthSpring MCRHMO $2,174.60
HealthSpring MCRPOS $2,174.60
HealthSpring MCRPPO $2,174.60
Devoted Health Plan MCR $2,174.60
United VACCN $2,174.60
Amerigroup MGMCR $2,174.60
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $2,174.60
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $2,174.60
Aetna MGMCRPPO $2,196.35
Aetna MGMCRHMO $2,196.35
Aetna MGMCRSNP $2,196.35
United MGMCR $2,218.09
WellCare MCR $2,239.84
Zing MGMCR $2,239.84
BCBS MCR $2,239.84
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $2,283.33
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $2,283.33
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $2,283.33
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $2,283.33
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $2,283.33
Evergreen HMO MCR $2,283.33
Signature Advantage MCR $2,305.08
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $2,392.06
Bright Health MCRNarrow $2,500.79
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,131.42
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,196.66
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $3,196.66

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Init ak ischal plstr direct at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $2,174.60 – $3,196.66
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $2,109.36 – $3,196.66
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $1,957.14 – $3,196.66
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $1,565.71 – $3,196.66
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $1,565.71 – $3,196.66
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $1,957.14 – $3,196.66
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $1,041.76 – $2,283.33
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $2,174.60 – $2,283.33

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