Cytopath c/v redo 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.

$10.81 with Wellpoint vs $96.12 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 $10.81
BCBS NetworkP $14.42
Aetna NewBusiness $19.10
Aetna COMM $19.10
Alive Hospice MCR $24.03
Wellcare MCR $24.03
Devoted Health Plan MCR $24.03
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $24.03
Molina MCD $24.03
United AllPayerAppendix $24.03
United CorePayer $24.03
United HeritageSelect $24.03
United MASNP $24.03
Amerigroup MGMCR $24.03
Bright Health HIX $24.03
Bright Health SmallGroup $24.03
Healthspring DualEligible $24.03
Healthspring MCRHMO $24.03
Healthspring MCRPOS $24.03
Healthspring MCRPPO $24.03
Aetna MGMCRSNP $24.27
Aetna MGMCRPPO $24.27
Aetna MGMCRHMO $24.27
United MGMCR $24.51
Zing MGMCR $24.75
Ambetter Select $24.99
BCBS MCR $24.99
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $25.23
Evergreen HMO MCR $25.23
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $25.23
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $25.23
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $25.23
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $25.23
Ambetter CORE $25.95
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $26.43
Bright Health MCRNarrow $27.63
Wellcare MGMCD $31.72
Wellcare CHIP $31.72
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $34.60
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $35.32
Cigna NewBusiness $42.69
Cigna OAP $48.48
Oscar HIX $72.09
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $96.12
Humana HumanaChoice $96.12
Humana BroadNetwork $96.12
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $96.12

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Cytopath c/v redo at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $8.65 – $75.62
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $7.42 – $75.62
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $7.42 – $75.62
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $7.42 – $75.62
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $9.03 – $75.62
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $13.08 – $75.62
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $9.03 – $72.09
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $10.81 – $72.09

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