Antibody id rbc panel 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

$1,421.86

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.

$1,421.86

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.

$27.34 with BCBS vs $1,165.93 with Multiplan — 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 $27.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $31.67 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $31.67 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $54.21 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP $61.56 ↓ -96%
Molina MCD $99.53 ↓ -93%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $155.56 ↓ -89%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $155.56 ↓ -89%
Humana HumanaChoice $155.56 ↓ -89%
Humana BroadNetwork $155.56 ↓ -89%
Bright Health HIX $213.28 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $223.23 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $270.15 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $274.42 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $284.37 ↓ -80%
United HeritageSelect $291.26 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -80%
United CorePayer $291.26 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $298.59 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $314.23 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $416.60 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $639.84 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $710.93 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $924.21 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,109.05 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,165.93 ↓ -18%

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Antibody id rbc panel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $167.00 $11.68 – $482.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $131.13 $6.12 – $310.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $126.27 $11.68 – $656.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $187.39 $6.12 – $310.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $93.75 $13.55 – $729.17
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $167.00 $11.68 – $475.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $167.00 $11.68 – $475.36
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $167.00 $12.32 – $475.36

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