Amniotic fluid scan at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER

100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 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.

$4.21 with Wellpoint vs $37.40 with Humana — 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 $4.21
Aetna NewBusiness $7.43
Aetna COMM $7.43
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.35
Alive Hospice MCR $9.35
Wellcare MCR $9.35
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.35
Molina MCD $9.35
United AllPayerAppendix $9.35
United CorePayer $9.35
United HeritageSelect $9.35
United MASNP $9.35
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.35
Bright Health HIX $9.35
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.35
Healthspring DualEligible $9.35
Healthspring MCRHMO $9.35
Healthspring MCRPOS $9.35
Healthspring MCRPPO $9.35
BCBS NetworkP $9.37
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.44
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.44
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.44
United MGMCR $9.54
Zing MGMCR $9.63
Ambetter Select $9.72
BCBS MCR $9.72
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.82
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.82
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.82
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.82
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.82
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.82
Ambetter CORE $10.10
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.29
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.75
Wellcare CHIP $12.34
Wellcare MGMCD $12.34
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13.46
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $13.74
Cigna NewBusiness $16.72
Cigna OAP $18.98
Oscar HIX $28.05
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $37.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $37.40
Humana BroadNetwork $37.40
Humana HumanaChoice $37.40

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Amniotic fluid scan at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $181.43 $4.82 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $181.43 $4.82 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $181.43 $4.82 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $181.43 $8.41 – $29.34
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $11.73 $4.87 – $20.93
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $12.15 $3.50 – $20.38
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $12.15 $4.68 – $22.44
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $12.15 $4.68 – $22.44

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →