External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$2,984.28

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.

$2,984.28

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.

$64.69 with Wellpoint vs $2,447.11 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $64.69 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $114.28 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $114.28 ↓ -96%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $143.75 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $143.75 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $143.75 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $143.75 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $143.75 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $143.75 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $143.75 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $143.75 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $143.75 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $143.75 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $143.75 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $143.75 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $143.75 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $143.75 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $143.75 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $143.75 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $145.19 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $145.19 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $145.19 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $146.63 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $148.06 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $149.50 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $149.50 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $150.94 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $150.94 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $150.94 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $150.94 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $150.94 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $150.94 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $155.25 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $158.13 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $165.31 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $172.32 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MGMCD $189.75 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $189.75 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $207.00 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $211.31 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $256.07 ↓ -91%
Cigna OAP $290.82 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $431.25 ↓ -86%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $567.01 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $575.00 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $575.00 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $575.00 ↓ -81%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $575.00 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $659.53 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $874.39 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,342.93 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,492.14 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,939.78 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,327.74 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,447.11 ↓ -18%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $471.15 $51.75 – $488.77
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $193.29 $111.02 – $457.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $276.22 $111.02 – $457.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $221.10 $71.88 – $313.38
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $471.15 $88.56 – $488.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $471.15 $88.56 – $488.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $471.15 $88.56 – $488.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $471.15 $129.38 – $488.77

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