Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain 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

$773.95

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.

$773.95

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.

$68.90 with BCBS vs $634.64 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
BCBS NetworkP $68.90 ↓ -91%
Molina MCD $87.48 ↓ -89%
Bright Health HIX $116.09 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $121.51 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMM $128.53 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $128.53 ↓ -83%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $146.80 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $146.80 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $146.80 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $146.80 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $147.05 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $149.37 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $154.79 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $162.53 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $171.04 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $226.77 ↓ -71%
Cigna NewBusiness $233.37 ↓ -70%
Cigna OAP $265.03 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -62%
United CorePayer $291.26 ↓ -62%
United HeritageSelect $291.26 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $348.28 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $386.98 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $503.07 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $603.68 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $634.64 ↓ -18%

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Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $410.26 $50.18 – $970.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $115.23 $55.98 – $656.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $586.28 $50.18 – $970.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $52.50 $64.94 – $729.17
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $51.52 $38.49 – $232.08
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $52.50 $27.71 – $729.17
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $52.50 $46.18 – $741.29
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $52.50 $69.27 – $709.48

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