Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl 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.

$4.73 with Wellpoint vs $42.00 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 $4.73
Aetna NewBusiness $8.35
Aetna COMM $8.35
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $10.50
Alive Hospice MCR $10.50
Wellcare MCR $10.50
Devoted Health Plan MCR $10.50
Molina MCD $10.50
United AllPayerAppendix $10.50
United CorePayer $10.50
United HeritageSelect $10.50
United MASNP $10.50
Amerigroup MGMCR $10.50
Bright Health HIX $10.50
Bright Health SmallGroup $10.50
Healthspring DualEligible $10.50
Healthspring MCRHMO $10.50
Healthspring MCRPOS $10.50
Healthspring MCRPPO $10.50
Aetna MGMCRPPO $10.61
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.61
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.61
United MGMCR $10.71
Zing MGMCR $10.81
Ambetter Select $10.92
BCBS MCR $10.92
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.03
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.03
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.03
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.03
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.03
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.03
Ambetter CORE $11.34
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $11.55
Bright Health MCRNarrow $12.07
BCBS NetworkP $13.02
Wellcare MGMCD $13.86
Wellcare CHIP $13.86
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $15.12
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $15.44
Cigna NewBusiness $18.45
Cigna OAP $20.95
Oscar HIX $31.50
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $42.00
Humana HumanaChoice $42.00
Humana BroadNetwork $42.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $42.00

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Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $81.65 $3.78 – $37.24
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $18.36 $8.48 – $43.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $25.07 $9.13 – $21.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $26.23 $8.48 – $43.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $16.65 $5.25 – $22.89
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $81.65 $6.69 – $37.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $81.65 $6.69 – $37.24
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $81.65 $6.69 – $37.24

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