Cytomeg dna dir probe 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.

$13.51 with Wellpoint vs $120.12 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 $13.51
Aetna NewBusiness $23.87
Aetna COMM $23.87
BCBS NetworkP $27.36
Alive Hospice MCR $30.03
Wellcare MCR $30.03
Devoted Health Plan MCR $30.03
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $30.03
Molina MCD $30.03
United AllPayerAppendix $30.03
United CorePayer $30.03
United HeritageSelect $30.03
United MASNP $30.03
Amerigroup MGMCR $30.03
Bright Health HIX $30.03
Bright Health SmallGroup $30.03
Healthspring DualEligible $30.03
Healthspring MCRHMO $30.03
Healthspring MCRPOS $30.03
Healthspring MCRPPO $30.03
Aetna MGMCRSNP $30.33
Aetna MGMCRPPO $30.33
Aetna MGMCRHMO $30.33
United MGMCR $30.63
Zing MGMCR $30.93
Ambetter Select $31.23
BCBS MCR $31.23
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $31.53
Evergreen HMO MCR $31.53
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $31.53
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $31.53
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $31.53
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $31.53
Ambetter CORE $32.43
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $33.03
Bright Health MCRNarrow $34.53
Wellcare MGMCD $39.64
Wellcare CHIP $39.64
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $43.24
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $44.14
Cigna NewBusiness $53.63
Cigna OAP $60.91
Oscar HIX $90.09
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $120.12
Humana HumanaChoice $120.12
Humana BroadNetwork $120.12
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $120.12

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Cytomeg dna dir probe at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $10.81 – $93.68
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $14.06 – $93.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $14.06 – $93.68
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $14.06 – $93.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $27.03 – $93.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $27.03 – $93.68
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $13.51 – $90.09
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $13.51 – $90.09

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