Cold agglutinin titer 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.

$3.63 with Wellpoint vs $32.24 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 $3.63
Aetna NewBusiness $6.41
Aetna COMM $6.41
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.06
Alive Hospice MCR $8.06
Wellcare MCR $8.06
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.06
Molina MCD $8.06
United AllPayerAppendix $8.06
United CorePayer $8.06
United HeritageSelect $8.06
United MASNP $8.06
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.06
Bright Health HIX $8.06
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.06
Healthspring DualEligible $8.06
Healthspring MCRHMO $8.06
Healthspring MCRPOS $8.06
Healthspring MCRPPO $8.06
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.14
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.14
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.14
United MGMCR $8.22
Zing MGMCR $8.30
Ambetter Select $8.38
BCBS MCR $8.38
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.46
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.46
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.46
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.46
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.46
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.46
Ambetter CORE $8.71
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.87
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.27
Wellcare MGMCD $10.64
Wellcare CHIP $10.64
BCBS NetworkP $11.00
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.61
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.85
Cigna NewBusiness $14.43
Cigna OAP $16.38
Oscar HIX $24.18
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.24
Humana HumanaChoice $32.24
Humana BroadNetwork $32.24
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.24

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Cold agglutinin titer at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $59.61 $2.90 – $31.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $74.30 $7.16 – $175.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $69.00 $7.01 – $16.12
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $106.18 $7.16 – $175.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $13.95 $4.03 – $17.57
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $59.61 $5.66 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $59.61 $5.66 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $59.61 $5.66 – $31.60

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