Fetal lung maturity assess lam body dnst 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.

$8.69 with Wellpoint vs $77.28 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 $8.69
Aetna NewBusiness $15.36
Aetna COMM $15.36
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $19.32
Alive Hospice MCR $19.32
Wellcare MCR $19.32
Devoted Health Plan MCR $19.32
Molina MCD $19.32
United AllPayerAppendix $19.32
United CorePayer $19.32
United HeritageSelect $19.32
United MASNP $19.32
Amerigroup MGMCR $19.32
Bright Health HIX $19.32
Bright Health SmallGroup $19.32
Healthspring DualEligible $19.32
Healthspring MCRHMO $19.32
Healthspring MCRPOS $19.32
Healthspring MCRPPO $19.32
Aetna MGMCRPPO $19.51
Aetna MGMCRHMO $19.51
Aetna MGMCRSNP $19.51
United MGMCR $19.71
Zing MGMCR $19.90
Ambetter Select $20.09
BCBS MCR $20.09
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $20.29
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $20.29
Evergreen HMO MCR $20.29
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $20.29
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $20.29
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $20.29
Ambetter CORE $20.86
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $21.25
Bright Health MCRNarrow $22.22
BCBS NetworkP $22.78
Wellcare MGMCD $25.50
Wellcare CHIP $25.50
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $27.82
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $28.40
Cigna NewBusiness $34.61
Cigna OAP $39.30
Oscar HIX $57.96
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $77.28
Humana HumanaChoice $77.28
Humana BroadNetwork $77.28
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $77.28

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Fetal lung maturity assess lam body dnst at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $4.68 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $4.68 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $4.68 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $6.99 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $4.68 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $17.39 – $73.36
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $4.68 – $57.96
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $7.96 – $57.96

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