Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count 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

$2,657.31

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,657.31

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$56.47 with Wellpoint vs $2,178.99 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Wellpoint MGMCD $56.47 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $99.77 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $99.77 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $125.49 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $125.49 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $125.49 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $125.49 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $125.49 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $125.49 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $125.49 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $125.49 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $125.49 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $125.49 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $125.49 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $125.49 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $125.49 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $125.49 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $125.49 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $125.49 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $126.74 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $126.74 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $126.74 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $128.00 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $129.25 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $130.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $130.51 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $131.76 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $131.76 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $131.76 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $131.76 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $131.76 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $131.76 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $135.53 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $138.04 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $144.31 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MGMCD $165.65 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $165.65 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $170.04 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $180.71 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $184.47 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $223.78 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $254.14 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $376.47 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $501.96 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $501.96 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $501.96 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $501.96 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $504.89 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $587.27 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $778.59 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,195.79 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,328.65 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,727.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,072.70 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,178.99 ↓ -18%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $38.19 $90.30 – $235.92
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $105.80 $109.18 – $250.98
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $54.57 $27.09 – $235.92
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $218.25 $45.56 – $273.57
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $657.29 $87.39 – $481.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $657.29 $87.39 – $481.98
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $657.29 $87.39 – $481.98
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $657.29 $112.94 – $481.98

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →