Cytog alys chrml abnr lw-ps 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.

$539.07 with Wellpoint vs $3,593.82 with Oscar — 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 $539.07
Aetna COMM $922.20
Aetna NewBusiness $922.20
United AllPayerAppendix $1,160.00
United HeritageSelect $1,160.00
United CorePayer $1,160.00
Bright Health HIX $1,160.00
BCBS NetworkP $1,160.00
Bright Health SmallGroup $1,160.00
Wellcare MCR $1,197.94
Alive Hospice MCR $1,197.94
Devoted Health Plan MCR $1,197.94
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $1,197.94
Healthspring MCRPPO $1,197.94
Molina MCD $1,197.94
United MASNP $1,197.94
Amerigroup MGMCR $1,197.94
Healthspring MCRPOS $1,197.94
Healthspring MCRHMO $1,197.94
Healthspring DualEligible $1,197.94
Aetna MGMCRSNP $1,209.92
Aetna MGMCRPPO $1,209.92
Aetna MGMCRHMO $1,209.92
United MGMCR $1,221.90
Zing MGMCR $1,233.88
BCBS MCR $1,245.86
Ambetter Select $1,245.86
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $1,257.84
Evergreen HMO MCR $1,257.84
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $1,257.84
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $1,257.84
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $1,257.84
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $1,257.84
Ambetter CORE $1,293.78
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1,317.73
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1,377.63
Wellcare CHIP $1,581.28
Wellcare MGMCD $1,581.28
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,725.03
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1,760.97
Cigna NewBusiness $2,135.71
Cigna OAP $2,425.48
Oscar HIX $3,593.82

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Cytog alys chrml abnr lw-ps at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $1,044.00 – $2,041.60
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $1,044.00 – $2,447.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $1,044.00 – $2,447.60
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $1,044.00 – $2,447.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $1,044.00 – $2,378.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $1,044.00 – $2,447.60
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $539.07 – $3,593.82
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $539.07 – $3,593.82

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