Lymphocytotoxicity assay 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.

$71.34 with BCBS vs $758.04 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
BCBS NetworkP $71.34
Wellpoint MGMCD $85.28
Aetna NewBusiness $150.66
Aetna COMM $150.66
Alive Hospice MCR $189.51
Wellcare MCR $189.51
Devoted Health Plan MCR $189.51
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $189.51
Molina MCD $189.51
United AllPayerAppendix $189.51
United CorePayer $189.51
United HeritageSelect $189.51
United MASNP $189.51
Amerigroup MGMCR $189.51
Bright Health HIX $189.51
Bright Health SmallGroup $189.51
Healthspring DualEligible $189.51
Healthspring MCRHMO $189.51
Healthspring MCRPOS $189.51
Healthspring MCRPPO $189.51
Aetna MGMCRSNP $191.41
Aetna MGMCRPPO $191.41
Aetna MGMCRHMO $191.41
United MGMCR $193.30
Zing MGMCR $195.20
Ambetter Select $197.09
BCBS MCR $197.09
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $198.99
Evergreen HMO MCR $198.99
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $198.99
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $198.99
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $198.99
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $198.99
Ambetter CORE $204.67
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $208.46
Bright Health MCRNarrow $217.94
Wellcare MGMCD $250.15
Wellcare CHIP $250.15
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $272.89
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $278.58
Cigna NewBusiness $337.98
Cigna OAP $383.84
Oscar HIX $568.53
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $758.04
Humana HumanaChoice $758.04
Humana BroadNetwork $758.04
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $758.04

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Lymphocytotoxicity assay at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $120.56 $68.22 – $593.72
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $96.81 $94.63 – $379.02
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $36.66 – $593.72
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $36.66 – $593.72
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $36.66 – $593.72
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $94.63 – $593.72
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $107.01 – $593.72
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $71.34 – $568.53

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