Lipoprotein blood high res frac & quant 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.

$15.24 with Wellpoint vs $135.44 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 $15.24
Aetna NewBusiness $26.92
Aetna COMM $26.92
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $33.86
Alive Hospice MCR $33.86
Wellcare MCR $33.86
Devoted Health Plan MCR $33.86
Molina MCD $33.86
United AllPayerAppendix $33.86
United CorePayer $33.86
United HeritageSelect $33.86
United MASNP $33.86
Amerigroup MGMCR $33.86
Bright Health HIX $33.86
Bright Health SmallGroup $33.86
BCBS NetworkP $33.86
Healthspring DualEligible $33.86
Healthspring MCRHMO $33.86
Healthspring MCRPOS $33.86
Healthspring MCRPPO $33.86
Aetna MGMCRSNP $34.20
Aetna MGMCRPPO $34.20
Aetna MGMCRHMO $34.20
United MGMCR $34.54
Zing MGMCR $34.88
Ambetter Select $35.21
BCBS MCR $35.21
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $35.55
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $35.55
Evergreen HMO MCR $35.55
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $35.55
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $35.55
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $35.55
Ambetter CORE $36.57
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $37.25
Bright Health MCRNarrow $38.94
Wellcare MGMCD $44.70
Wellcare CHIP $44.70
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $48.76
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $49.77
Cigna NewBusiness $60.56
Cigna OAP $68.77
Oscar HIX $101.58
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $135.44
Humana HumanaChoice $135.44
Humana BroadNetwork $135.44
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $135.44

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Lipoprotein blood high res frac & quant at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $43.50 $16.93 – $73.81
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $42.55 $17.58 – $74.34
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $43.50 $12.66 – $73.81
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $43.50 $16.93 – $81.26
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $43.50 $16.93 – $73.81
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $43.50 $16.93 – $81.26
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $43.50 $16.93 – $81.26
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $93.80 $29.46 – $67.72

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