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.

$13.36 with Wellpoint vs $118.72 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 $13.36
Aetna NewBusiness $23.60
Aetna COMM $23.60
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $29.68
Alive Hospice MCR $29.68
Wellcare MCR $29.68
Devoted Health Plan MCR $29.68
Molina MCD $29.68
United AllPayerAppendix $29.68
United CorePayer $29.68
United HeritageSelect $29.68
United MASNP $29.68
Amerigroup MGMCR $29.68
Bright Health HIX $29.68
Bright Health SmallGroup $29.68
Healthspring DualEligible $29.68
Healthspring MCRHMO $29.68
Healthspring MCRPOS $29.68
Healthspring MCRPPO $29.68
Aetna MGMCRPPO $29.98
Aetna MGMCRHMO $29.98
Aetna MGMCRSNP $29.98
United MGMCR $30.27
Zing MGMCR $30.57
Ambetter Select $30.87
BCBS MCR $30.87
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $31.16
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $31.16
Evergreen HMO MCR $31.16
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $31.16
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $31.16
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $31.16
Ambetter CORE $32.06
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $32.65
Bright Health MCRNarrow $34.13
Wellcare MGMCD $39.18
Wellcare CHIP $39.18
BCBS NetworkP $40.49
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $42.74
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $43.63
Cigna NewBusiness $53.05
Cigna OAP $60.25
Oscar HIX $89.04
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $118.72
Humana HumanaChoice $118.72
Humana BroadNetwork $118.72
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $118.72

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Cytotoxic antibody screening at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $420.38 $10.68 – $115.12
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $31.80 $4.55 – $64.70
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $31.28 $5.08 – $65.68
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $31.80 $4.94 – $64.70
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $31.80 $4.62 – $71.23
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $31.80 $4.94 – $64.70
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $31.80 $4.49 – $71.23
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $121.17 $28.20 – $59.36

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →