Symes type poster opening so 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.

$335.16 with Wellpoint vs $547.43 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 $335.16
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $372.40
HealthSpring DualEligible $372.40
HealthSpring MCRHMO $372.40
HealthSpring MCRPOS $372.40
HealthSpring MCRPPO $372.40
Devoted Health Plan MCR $372.40
United VACCN $372.40
Amerigroup MGMCR $372.40
Sarah Cannon Research COMM $372.40
Odyssey Healthcare COMM $372.40
Aetna MGMCRPPO $376.12
Aetna MGMCRHMO $376.12
Aetna MGMCRSNP $376.12
United MGMCR $379.85
WellCare MCR $383.57
Zing MGMCR $383.57
BCBS MCR $383.57
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $391.02
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $391.02
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $391.02
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $391.02
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $391.02
Evergreen HMO MCR $391.02
Signature Advantage MCR $394.74
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $409.64
Bright Health MCRNarrow $428.26
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $536.26
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $547.43
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $547.43

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Symes type poster opening so at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $372.40 – $547.43
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $361.23 – $547.43
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $335.16 – $547.43
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $268.13 – $547.43
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $268.13 – $547.43
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $335.16 – $547.43
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $178.40 – $391.02
Roane County Medical Center Harriman not published $372.40 – $391.02

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