Red cell sequestration 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

$1,618.27

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.

$1,618.27

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.

$93.86 with BCBS vs $1,488.81 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
BCBS NetworkP $93.86 ↓ -94%
Humana BroadNetwork $98.72 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoice $98.72 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $98.72 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $98.72 ↓ -94%
BCBS TENNCARE $143.67 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $151.10 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $151.10 ↓ -91%
BCBS COVERKIDS $155.92 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $271.36 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueCare $296.24 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $297.92 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $307.47 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $307.47 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $307.47 ↓ -81%
Cigna OAP $308.23 ↓ -81%
Humana TRICARE $404.57 ↓ -75%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -71%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -71%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $527.56 ↓ -67%
United OptionsPPO $585.81 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $728.22 ↓ -55%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $809.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna NAP $809.13 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $1,132.79 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $1,213.70 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,375.53 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $1,456.44 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $1,488.81 ↓ -8%

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Red cell sequestration at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $111.37 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $111.37 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $111.37 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $113.02 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $111.37 – $589.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $113.02 – $589.01
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $93.86 – $471.74
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $93.86 – $471.74

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