Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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

$705.97

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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.

$705.97

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.

$49.42 with Molina vs $578.90 with Multiplan — 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
Molina MCD $49.42 ↓ -93%
United HeritageSelect $49.76 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $49.76 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $67.10 ↓ -90%
Bright Health HIX $105.90 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $110.84 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMM $114.60 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $114.60 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $134.13 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $136.25 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $141.19 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $148.25 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $156.02 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $179.04 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $203.33 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $206.85 ↓ -71%
Humana BroadNetwork $269.20 ↓ -62%
Humana HumanaChoice $269.20 ↓ -62%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $269.20 ↓ -62%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $269.20 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $317.69 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $352.99 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $458.88 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $550.66 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $578.90 ↓ -18%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $27.65 $12.38 – $259.82
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $51.21 $18.43 – $163.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $31.97 $12.38 – $97.58
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $73.18 $18.43 – $163.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $86.10 $14.36 – $121.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $27.65 $12.38 – $259.82
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $27.65 $12.38 – $259.82
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $27.65 $18.23 – $259.82

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