Growth hormone panel 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.

$58.20 with Wellpoint vs $517.32 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 $58.20
Aetna NewBusiness $102.82
Aetna COMM $102.82
BCBS NetworkP $107.07
Alive Hospice MCR $129.33
Wellcare MCR $129.33
Devoted Health Plan MCR $129.33
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $129.33
Molina MCD $129.33
United AllPayerAppendix $129.33
United CorePayer $129.33
United HeritageSelect $129.33
United MASNP $129.33
Amerigroup MGMCR $129.33
Bright Health HIX $129.33
Bright Health SmallGroup $129.33
Healthspring DualEligible $129.33
Healthspring MCRHMO $129.33
Healthspring MCRPOS $129.33
Healthspring MCRPPO $129.33
Aetna MGMCRSNP $130.62
Aetna MGMCRPPO $130.62
Aetna MGMCRHMO $130.62
United MGMCR $131.92
Zing MGMCR $133.21
Ambetter Select $134.50
BCBS MCR $134.50
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $135.80
Evergreen HMO MCR $135.80
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $135.80
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $135.80
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $135.80
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $135.80
Ambetter CORE $139.67
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $142.26
Bright Health MCRNarrow $148.73
Wellcare MGMCD $170.72
Wellcare CHIP $170.72
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $186.24
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $190.12
Cigna NewBusiness $230.70
Cigna OAP $262.00
Oscar HIX $387.99
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $517.32
Humana HumanaChoice $517.32
Humana BroadNetwork $517.32
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $517.32

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Growth hormone panel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $46.56 – $405.21
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $55.02 – $405.21
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $55.02 – $405.21
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $55.02 – $405.21
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $116.40 – $405.21
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $116.40 – $405.21
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $58.20 – $387.99
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $58.20 – $387.99

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