Lipase 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

$178.47

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.

$178.47

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 $146.35 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 $3.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $5.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $5.48 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.89 ↓ -96%
Healthspring MCRPPO $6.89 ↓ -96%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.89 ↓ -96%
Healthspring MCRPOS $6.89 ↓ -96%
Healthspring MCRHMO $6.89 ↓ -96%
Healthspring DualEligible $6.89 ↓ -96%
Bright Health HIX $6.89 ↓ -96%
Wellcare MCR $6.89 ↓ -96%
Alive Hospice MCR $6.89 ↓ -96%
Molina MCD $6.89 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.89 ↓ -96%
United CorePayer $6.89 ↓ -96%
United HeritageSelect $6.89 ↓ -96%
United MASNP $6.89 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.89 ↓ -96%
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.89 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.96 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $7.03 ↓ -96%
Zing MGMCR $7.10 ↓ -96%
Ambetter Select $7.17 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCR $7.17 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.23 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.23 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.23 ↓ -96%
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.23 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.23 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.23 ↓ -96%
Ambetter CORE $7.44 ↓ -96%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.58 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.92 ↓ -96%
Wellcare MGMCD $9.09 ↓ -95%
Wellcare CHIP $9.09 ↓ -95%
BCBS NetworkP $9.40 ↓ -95%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.92 ↓ -94%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $10.13 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $12.12 ↓ -93%
Cigna OAP $13.76 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $20.67 ↓ -88%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $27.56 ↓ -85%
Humana HumanaChoice $27.56 ↓ -85%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $27.56 ↓ -85%
Humana BroadNetwork $27.56 ↓ -85%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $33.91 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $39.44 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $52.29 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $80.31 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $89.23 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $116.01 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $139.21 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $146.35 ↓ -18%

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Lipase at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $41.90 $2.48 – $27.07
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $124.62 $6.13 – $294.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $29.90 $5.99 – $13.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $178.09 $6.13 – $294.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $12.15 $3.45 – $15.02
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $41.90 $4.83 – $27.07
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $41.90 $4.83 – $27.07
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $41.90 $4.83 – $27.07

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