Fetal fibronectin 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

$916.19

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.

$916.19

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.

$28.98 with Wellpoint vs $751.28 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 $28.98 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $51.21 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $51.21 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $64.41 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRPPO $64.41 ↓ -93%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $64.41 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRPOS $64.41 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRHMO $64.41 ↓ -93%
Healthspring DualEligible $64.41 ↓ -93%
Bright Health HIX $64.41 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MCR $64.41 ↓ -93%
Alive Hospice MCR $64.41 ↓ -93%
Molina MCD $64.41 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $64.41 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $64.41 ↓ -93%
United HeritageSelect $64.41 ↓ -93%
United MASNP $64.41 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCR $64.41 ↓ -93%
Bright Health SmallGroup $64.41 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $65.05 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $65.05 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $65.05 ↓ -93%
United MGMCR $65.70 ↓ -93%
Zing MGMCR $66.34 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Select $66.99 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCR $66.99 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $67.63 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $67.63 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $67.63 ↓ -93%
Evergreen HMO MCR $67.63 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $67.63 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $67.63 ↓ -93%
Ambetter CORE $69.56 ↓ -92%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $70.85 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $74.07 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MGMCD $85.02 ↓ -91%
Wellcare CHIP $85.02 ↓ -91%
BCBS NetworkP $87.88 ↓ -90%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $92.75 ↓ -90%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $94.68 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $114.78 ↓ -87%
Cigna OAP $130.36 ↓ -86%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $174.08 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $193.23 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $202.48 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $257.64 ↓ -72%
Humana BroadNetwork $257.64 ↓ -72%
Humana HumanaChoice $257.64 ↓ -72%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $257.64 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $268.44 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $412.29 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $458.10 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $595.52 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $714.63 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $751.28 ↓ -18%

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Fetal fibronectin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $112.80 $30.48 – $140.41
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $273.95 $26.28 – $249.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $273.95 $26.28 – $249.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $273.95 $39.26 – $249.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $273.95 $26.28 – $249.45
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $110.63 $30.48 – $142.19
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $112.80 $28.98 – $140.41
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $112.80 $30.48 – $154.58

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