Chromosome study additional 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.

$15.49 with Wellpoint vs $137.72 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 $15.49
Aetna NewBusiness $27.37
Aetna COMM $27.37
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $34.43
Alive Hospice MCR $34.43
Wellcare MCR $34.43
Devoted Health Plan MCR $34.43
Molina MCD $34.43
United AllPayerAppendix $34.43
United CorePayer $34.43
United HeritageSelect $34.43
United MASNP $34.43
Amerigroup MGMCR $34.43
Bright Health HIX $34.43
Bright Health SmallGroup $34.43
Healthspring DualEligible $34.43
Healthspring MCRHMO $34.43
Healthspring MCRPOS $34.43
Healthspring MCRPPO $34.43
Aetna MGMCRPPO $34.77
Aetna MGMCRHMO $34.77
Aetna MGMCRSNP $34.77
United MGMCR $35.12
Zing MGMCR $35.46
Ambetter Select $35.81
BCBS MCR $35.81
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $36.15
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $36.15
Evergreen HMO MCR $36.15
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $36.15
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $36.15
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $36.15
Ambetter CORE $37.19
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $37.87
Bright Health MCRNarrow $39.59
Wellcare MGMCD $45.45
Wellcare CHIP $45.45
BCBS NetworkP $46.27
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $49.58
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $50.61
Cigna NewBusiness $61.13
Cigna OAP $69.43
Oscar HIX $103.29
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $137.72
Humana HumanaChoice $137.72
Humana BroadNetwork $137.72
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $137.72

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Chromosome study additional at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $47.84 $29.95 – $68.86
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $43.68 $32.71 – $68.86
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $40.00 $29.95 – $68.86
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $38.94 $15.49 – $106.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $12.39 – $229.22
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $24.15 – $305.09
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $24.15 – $343.83
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $24.15 – $435.52

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →