Cell count body fluid 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.

$2.12 with Wellpoint vs $245.55 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $2.12
Aetna NewBusiness $3.75
Aetna COMM $3.75
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.72
Healthspring MCRPPO $4.72
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.72
Healthspring MCRPOS $4.72
Healthspring MCRHMO $4.72
Healthspring DualEligible $4.72
Bright Health HIX $4.72
Wellcare MCR $4.72
Alive Hospice MCR $4.72
Molina MCD $4.72
United AllPayerAppendix $4.72
United CorePayer $4.72
United HeritageSelect $4.72
United MASNP $4.72
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.72
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.72
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.77
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.77
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.77
United MGMCR $4.81
Zing MGMCR $4.86
Ambetter Select $4.91
BCBS MCR $4.91
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.96
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.96
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.96
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.96
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.96
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.96
Ambetter CORE $5.10
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.19
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.43
Wellcare MGMCD $6.23
Wellcare CHIP $6.23
BCBS NetworkP $6.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.80
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.94
Cigna NewBusiness $8.66
Cigna OAP $9.83
Oscar HIX $14.16
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $18.88
Humana HumanaChoice $18.88
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $18.88
Humana BroadNetwork $18.88
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $56.90
United OptionsPPO $66.18
Cigna PPO $87.74
United GlobalBenefitPlan $134.75
Aetna NAP $149.72
City of Springfield COMM $194.64
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $233.57
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $245.55

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Cell count body fluid at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $87.72 $1.70 – $18.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $85.25 $4.20 – $201.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $11.50 $4.11 – $9.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $121.83 $4.20 – $201.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $8.40 $2.36 – $10.29
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $87.72 $3.32 – $18.06
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $87.72 $3.32 – $18.06
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $87.72 $3.32 – $18.49

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