Cytogenetics 3-5 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.

$18.32 with Wellpoint vs $162.80 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $18.32
Aetna NewBusiness $32.36
Aetna COMM $32.36
BCBS NetworkP $36.53
Alive Hospice MCR $40.70
Wellcare MCR $40.70
Devoted Health Plan MCR $40.70
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $40.70
Molina MCD $40.70
United AllPayerAppendix $40.70
United CorePayer $40.70
United HeritageSelect $40.70
United MASNP $40.70
Amerigroup MGMCR $40.70
Bright Health HIX $40.70
Bright Health SmallGroup $40.70
Healthspring DualEligible $40.70
Healthspring MCRHMO $40.70
Healthspring MCRPOS $40.70
Healthspring MCRPPO $40.70
Aetna MGMCRSNP $41.11
Aetna MGMCRPPO $41.11
Aetna MGMCRHMO $41.11
United MGMCR $41.51
Zing MGMCR $41.92
Ambetter Select $42.33
BCBS MCR $42.33
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $42.74
Evergreen HMO MCR $42.74
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $42.74
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $42.74
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $42.74
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $42.74
Ambetter CORE $43.95
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $44.77
Bright Health MCRNarrow $46.80
Wellcare MGMCD $53.72
Wellcare CHIP $53.72
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $58.61
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $59.83
Cigna NewBusiness $72.67
Cigna OAP $82.54
Oscar HIX $122.10
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $162.80
Humana HumanaChoice $162.80
Humana BroadNetwork $162.80
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $162.80

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Cytogenetics 3-5 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $21.16 $18.96 – $89.50
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $21.90 $13.65 – $88.73
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $21.90 $20.35 – $97.68
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $21.90 $20.35 – $97.68
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $21.90 $18.96 – $88.73
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $14.65 – $127.54
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $18.77 – $127.54
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $18.77 – $127.54

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →