Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) 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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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.

$2.72 with Wellpoint vs $107.33 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $2.72
Aetna NewBusiness $4.80
Aetna COMM $4.80
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.04
Healthspring MCRPPO $6.04
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.04
Healthspring MCRPOS $6.04
Healthspring MCRHMO $6.04
Healthspring DualEligible $6.04
Bright Health HIX $6.04
Wellcare MCR $6.04
Alive Hospice MCR $6.04
Molina MCD $6.04
United AllPayerAppendix $6.04
United CorePayer $6.04
United HeritageSelect $6.04
United MASNP $6.04
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.04
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.04
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.10
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.10
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.10
United MGMCR $6.16
Zing MGMCR $6.22
Ambetter Select $6.28
BCBS MCR $6.28
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.34
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.34
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.34
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.34
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.34
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.34
Ambetter CORE $6.53
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $6.64
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.95
Wellcare MGMCD $7.97
Wellcare CHIP $7.97
BCBS NetworkP $8.23
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.70
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $8.88
Cigna NewBusiness $10.96
Cigna OAP $12.45
Oscar HIX $18.12
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $24.16
Humana HumanaChoice $24.16
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $24.16
Humana BroadNetwork $24.16
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $24.87
United OptionsPPO $28.93
Cigna PPO $38.35
United GlobalBenefitPlan $58.90
Aetna NAP $65.44
City of Springfield COMM $85.08
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $102.09
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $107.33

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Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $34.23 $2.17 – $23.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $42.04 $5.36 – $99.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.72 $5.25 – $12.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $60.07 $5.36 – $99.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $10.50 $3.02 – $13.17
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $34.23 $4.24 – $23.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $34.23 $4.24 – $23.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $34.23 $4.24 – $23.70

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