Coagulation time otr method 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.

$2.02 with Wellpoint vs $17.96 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 $2.02
Aetna NewBusiness $3.57
Aetna COMM $3.57
BCBS NetworkP $3.93
Alive Hospice MCR $4.49
Wellcare MCR $4.49
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.49
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.49
Molina MCD $4.49
United AllPayerAppendix $4.49
United CorePayer $4.49
United HeritageSelect $4.49
United MASNP $4.49
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.49
Bright Health HIX $4.49
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.49
Healthspring DualEligible $4.49
Healthspring MCRHMO $4.49
Healthspring MCRPOS $4.49
Healthspring MCRPPO $4.49
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.53
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.53
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.53
United MGMCR $4.58
Zing MGMCR $4.62
Ambetter Select $4.67
BCBS MCR $4.67
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.71
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.71
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.71
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.71
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.71
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.71
Ambetter CORE $4.85
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.94
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.16
Wellcare MGMCD $5.93
Wellcare CHIP $5.93
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.47
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.60
Cigna NewBusiness $8.08
Cigna OAP $9.18
Oscar HIX $13.47
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $17.96
Humana HumanaChoice $17.96
Humana BroadNetwork $17.96
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $17.96

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Coagulation time otr method at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $1.62 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $2.61 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $2.61 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $2.61 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $4.04 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $4.04 – $14.69
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $2.02 – $13.47
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $2.02 – $13.47

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