Complement fixation each 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.

$4.50 with Wellpoint vs $40.04 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 $4.50
Aetna NewBusiness $7.96
Aetna COMM $7.96
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $10.01
Alive Hospice MCR $10.01
Wellcare MCR $10.01
Devoted Health Plan MCR $10.01
Molina MCD $10.01
United AllPayerAppendix $10.01
United CorePayer $10.01
United HeritageSelect $10.01
United MASNP $10.01
Amerigroup MGMCR $10.01
Bright Health HIX $10.01
Bright Health SmallGroup $10.01
Healthspring DualEligible $10.01
Healthspring MCRHMO $10.01
Healthspring MCRPOS $10.01
Healthspring MCRPPO $10.01
Aetna MGMCRPPO $10.11
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.11
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.11
United MGMCR $10.21
Zing MGMCR $10.31
Ambetter Select $10.41
BCBS MCR $10.41
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.51
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.51
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.51
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.51
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.51
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.51
Ambetter CORE $10.81
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $11.01
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.51
Wellcare MGMCD $13.21
Wellcare CHIP $13.21
BCBS NetworkP $13.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.41
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $14.71
Cigna NewBusiness $17.87
Cigna OAP $20.29
Oscar HIX $30.03
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $40.04
Humana HumanaChoice $40.04
Humana BroadNetwork $40.04
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $40.04

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Complement fixation each at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $38.80 $8.71 – $20.02
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell $12.32 $4.50 – $39.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $3.60 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $7.03 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $7.03 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $7.03 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $9.01 – $38.38
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $9.01 – $38.38

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