Lipoprotein blood 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.

$15.39 with Wellpoint vs $136.76 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 $15.39
Aetna NewBusiness $27.18
Aetna COMM $27.18
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $34.19
Alive Hospice MCR $34.19
Wellcare MCR $34.19
Devoted Health Plan MCR $34.19
Molina MCD $34.19
United AllPayerAppendix $34.19
United CorePayer $34.19
United HeritageSelect $34.19
United MASNP $34.19
Amerigroup MGMCR $34.19
Bright Health HIX $34.19
Bright Health SmallGroup $34.19
Healthspring DualEligible $34.19
Healthspring MCRHMO $34.19
Healthspring MCRPOS $34.19
Healthspring MCRPPO $34.19
Aetna MGMCRPPO $34.53
Aetna MGMCRHMO $34.53
Aetna MGMCRSNP $34.53
United MGMCR $34.87
Zing MGMCR $35.22
Ambetter Select $35.55
BCBS MCR $35.56
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $35.90
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $35.90
Evergreen HMO MCR $35.90
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $35.90
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $35.90
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $35.90
Ambetter CORE $36.92
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $37.61
Bright Health MCRNarrow $39.32
BCBS NetworkP $43.04
Wellcare MGMCD $45.13
Wellcare CHIP $45.13
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $49.23
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $50.26
Cigna NewBusiness $61.13
Cigna OAP $69.43
Oscar HIX $102.57
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $136.76
Humana HumanaChoice $136.76
Humana BroadNetwork $136.76
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $136.76

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Lipoprotein blood quant at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $28.82 $12.31 – $121.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $61.87 $28.02 – $146.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $88.41 $28.02 – $146.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $55.35 $17.10 – $74.53
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $28.82 $22.13 – $121.90
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $28.82 $22.13 – $121.90
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $28.82 $22.13 – $121.90
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $28.82 $30.77 – $121.90

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