Iron stain peripheral blood 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.

$3.10 with Wellpoint vs $27.52 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 $3.10
Aetna NewBusiness $5.47
Aetna COMM $5.47
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.88
Alive Hospice MCR $6.88
Wellcare MCR $6.88
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.88
Molina MCD $6.88
United AllPayerAppendix $6.88
United CorePayer $6.88
United HeritageSelect $6.88
United MASNP $6.88
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.88
Bright Health HIX $6.88
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.88
Healthspring DualEligible $6.88
Healthspring MCRHMO $6.88
Healthspring MCRPOS $6.88
Healthspring MCRPPO $6.88
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.95
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.95
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.95
United MGMCR $7.02
Zing MGMCR $7.09
Ambetter Select $7.16
BCBS MCR $7.16
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.22
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.22
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.22
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.22
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.22
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.22
Ambetter CORE $7.43
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.57
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.91
BCBS NetworkP $8.83
Wellcare MGMCD $9.08
Wellcare CHIP $9.08
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.91
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $10.11
Cigna NewBusiness $12.12
Cigna OAP $13.76
Oscar HIX $20.64
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $27.52
Humana HumanaChoice $27.52
Humana BroadNetwork $27.52
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $27.52

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Iron stain peripheral blood at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $11.40 $3.10 – $15.00
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $11.40 $3.44 – $16.51
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $11.40 $3.44 – $16.51
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $52.50 $6.54 – $13.76
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $11.40 $3.44 – $15.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2.48 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $4.54 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $4.54 – $24.85

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