Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation 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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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.

$35.18 with BCBS vs $1,182.59 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

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 $35.18
BCBS TENNCARE $55.86
BCBS COVERKIDS $60.62
Aetna NewBusiness $79.07
Aetna COMM $79.07
Humana BroadNetwork $100.72
Humana HumanaChoice $100.72
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $100.72
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $100.72
BCBS BlueCare $115.18
Aetna MGMCRPPO $192.81
Aetna MGMCRSNP $192.81
Aetna MGMCRHMO $192.81
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $236.65
Apex Health MCR $244.23
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $244.23
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $244.23
Humana TRICARE $321.36
Cigna NewBusiness $323.93
Cigna OAP $367.63
Cigna PPO $419.05
United OptionsPPO $465.32
United GlobalBenefitPlan $578.44
Signature Advantage MCR $642.71
Aetna NAP $642.71
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $642.71
Employers Health Network COMM $899.79
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $964.07
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $1,092.61
Multiplan COMM $1,156.88
Beech Street COMM $1,182.59

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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $228.23 $42.36 – $54.41
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $352.24 $23.80 – $83.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $165.83 $43.30 – $47.35
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $503.37 $24.99 – $83.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $50.23 – $142.89
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $228.23 $42.36 – $75.75
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $228.23 $42.36 – $75.75
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $228.23 $42.36 – $82.27

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →