Clotting assay whole blood 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.

$14.99 with Aetna vs $74.80 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
Aetna COMM $14.99
Aetna NewBusiness $14.99
BCBS NetworkP $19.29
United AllPayerAppendix $19.89
United CorePayer $19.89
United HeritageSelect $19.89
Cigna NewBusiness $23.84
Cigna OAP $27.07
Humana BroadNetwork $74.80
Humana HumanaChoice $74.80
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $74.80
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $74.80

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Clotting assay whole blood at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $45.54 $14.90 – $20.16
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $41.58 $14.90 – $43.49
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $39.60 $14.90 – $30.29
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $16.60 – $48.06
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $10.11 – $48.06
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $10.11 – $48.06
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $10.11 – $48.06
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $16.60 – $48.06

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →