Cytopath c/v index add-on 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.

$6.59 with Wellpoint vs $58.60 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 $6.59
BCBS NetworkP $8.18
Aetna NewBusiness $11.65
Aetna COMM $11.65
Alive Hospice MCR $14.65
Wellcare MCR $14.65
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.65
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.65
Molina MCD $14.65
United AllPayerAppendix $14.65
United CorePayer $14.65
United HeritageSelect $14.65
United MASNP $14.65
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.65
Bright Health HIX $14.65
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.65
Healthspring DualEligible $14.65
Healthspring MCRHMO $14.65
Healthspring MCRPOS $14.65
Healthspring MCRPPO $14.65
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.80
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.80
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.80
United MGMCR $14.94
Zing MGMCR $15.09
Ambetter Select $15.24
BCBS MCR $15.24
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.38
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.38
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.38
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.38
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.38
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.38
Ambetter CORE $15.82
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.12
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.85
Wellcare MGMCD $19.34
Wellcare CHIP $19.34
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21.10
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.54
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95
Cigna OAP $29.47
Oscar HIX $43.95
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $58.60
Humana HumanaChoice $58.60
Humana BroadNetwork $58.60
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $58.60

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Cytopath c/v index add-on at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $10.35 $3.06 – $31.94
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $10.35 $5.09 – $35.16
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $10.35 $5.09 – $35.16
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $10.35 $4.25 – $31.94
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $5.27 – $46.28
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $4.21 – $46.28
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $4.21 – $46.28
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $4.21 – $46.28

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