Cytopath c/v thin layer 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.

$10.37 with Wellpoint vs $92.16 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 $10.37
Aetna NewBusiness $18.32
Aetna COMM $18.32
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $23.04
Alive Hospice MCR $23.04
Wellcare MCR $23.04
Devoted Health Plan MCR $23.04
Molina MCD $23.04
United AllPayerAppendix $23.04
United CorePayer $23.04
United HeritageSelect $23.04
United MASNP $23.04
Amerigroup MGMCR $23.04
Bright Health HIX $23.04
Bright Health SmallGroup $23.04
Healthspring DualEligible $23.04
Healthspring MCRHMO $23.04
Healthspring MCRPOS $23.04
Healthspring MCRPPO $23.04
Aetna MGMCRPPO $23.27
Aetna MGMCRHMO $23.27
Aetna MGMCRSNP $23.27
United MGMCR $23.50
Zing MGMCR $23.73
Ambetter Select $23.96
BCBS MCR $23.96
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $24.19
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $24.19
Evergreen HMO MCR $24.19
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $24.19
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $24.19
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $24.19
Ambetter CORE $24.89
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $25.34
Bright Health MCRNarrow $26.50
BCBS NetworkP $27.64
Wellcare MGMCD $30.41
Wellcare CHIP $30.41
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $33.18
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $33.87
Cigna NewBusiness $40.95
Cigna OAP $46.51
Oscar HIX $69.12
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $92.16
Humana HumanaChoice $92.16
Humana BroadNetwork $92.16
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $92.16

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Cytopath c/v thin layer redo at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $8.29 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $14.21 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $14.21 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $14.21 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $20.74 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $20.74 – $77.88
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $10.37 – $69.12
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $10.37 – $69.12

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