Cytotoxic antibody screening 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.

$35.39 with Wellpoint vs $314.60 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 $35.39
BCBS NetworkP $53.99
Aetna NewBusiness $62.53
Aetna COMM $62.53
Alive Hospice MCR $78.65
Wellcare MCR $78.65
Devoted Health Plan MCR $78.65
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $78.65
Molina MCD $78.65
United AllPayerAppendix $78.65
United CorePayer $78.65
United HeritageSelect $78.65
United MASNP $78.65
Amerigroup MGMCR $78.65
Bright Health HIX $78.65
Bright Health SmallGroup $78.65
Healthspring DualEligible $78.65
Healthspring MCRHMO $78.65
Healthspring MCRPOS $78.65
Healthspring MCRPPO $78.65
Aetna MGMCRSNP $79.44
Aetna MGMCRPPO $79.44
Aetna MGMCRHMO $79.44
United MGMCR $80.22
Zing MGMCR $81.01
Ambetter Select $81.80
BCBS MCR $81.80
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $82.58
Evergreen HMO MCR $82.58
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $82.58
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $82.58
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $82.58
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $82.58
Ambetter CORE $84.94
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $86.52
Bright Health MCRNarrow $90.45
Wellcare MGMCD $103.82
Wellcare CHIP $103.82
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $113.26
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $115.62
Cigna NewBusiness $140.16
Cigna OAP $159.17
Oscar HIX $235.95
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $314.60
Humana HumanaChoice $314.60
Humana BroadNetwork $314.60
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $314.60

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Cytotoxic antibody screening at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $190.47 $74.20 – $157.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $28.31 – $246.07
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $27.75 – $246.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $27.75 – $246.07
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $27.75 – $246.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $70.79 – $246.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $70.79 – $246.07
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $35.39 – $235.95

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