Flow cytometry marker each additional 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

$166.57

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.

$166.57

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.

$16.33 with Aetna vs $136.59 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
Aetna NewBusiness $16.33 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $16.33 ↓ -90%
Molina MCD $16.85 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $23.03 ↓ -86%
United HeritageSelect $23.03 ↓ -86%
United CorePayer $23.03 ↓ -86%
Bright Health HIX $24.99 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $24.99 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $24.99 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $24.99 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $26.15 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $31.65 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $32.15 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $33.31 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $34.98 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $36.81 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $39.22 ↓ -76%
Cigna OAP $44.54 ↓ -73%
BCBS NetworkP $48.12 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $48.81 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $74.96 ↓ -55%
Humana BroadNetwork $79.04 ↓ -53%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $79.04 ↓ -53%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $79.04 ↓ -53%
Humana HumanaChoice $79.04 ↓ -53%
Aetna NAP $83.28 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $108.27 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $129.92 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $136.59 ↓ -18%

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Flow cytometry marker each additional at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $87.24 $11.44 – $95.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $36.71 $22.38 – $86.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $33.35 $16.23 – $54.34
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $52.46 $22.38 – $86.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $61.80 $15.37 – $51.25
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $87.24 $8.45 – $102.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $87.24 $8.45 – $102.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $87.24 $8.45 – $102.50

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →