Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis 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.

$5.07 with Wellpoint vs $45.04 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $5.07
Aetna NewBusiness $8.96
Aetna COMM $8.96
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $11.26
Alive Hospice MCR $11.26
Wellcare MCR $11.26
Devoted Health Plan MCR $11.26
Molina MCD $11.26
United AllPayerAppendix $11.26
United CorePayer $11.26
United HeritageSelect $11.26
United MASNP $11.26
Amerigroup MGMCR $11.26
Bright Health HIX $11.26
Bright Health SmallGroup $11.26
Healthspring DualEligible $11.26
Healthspring MCRHMO $11.26
Healthspring MCRPOS $11.26
Healthspring MCRPPO $11.26
Aetna MGMCRPPO $11.37
Aetna MGMCRHMO $11.37
Aetna MGMCRSNP $11.37
United MGMCR $11.49
Zing MGMCR $11.60
Ambetter Select $11.71
BCBS MCR $11.71
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.82
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.82
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.82
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.82
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.82
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.82
Ambetter CORE $12.16
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $12.39
Bright Health MCRNarrow $12.95
Wellcare MGMCD $14.86
Wellcare CHIP $14.86
BCBS NetworkP $15.36
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16.21
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $16.55
Cigna NewBusiness $20.18
Cigna OAP $22.92
Oscar HIX $33.78
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $45.04
Humana HumanaChoice $45.04
Humana BroadNetwork $45.04
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $45.04

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Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $9.42 $4.05 – $44.02
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $22.05 $5.63 – $24.55
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $9.42 $7.90 – $44.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $9.42 $7.90 – $44.02
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $9.42 $7.90 – $44.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $9.42 $10.13 – $44.02
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $21.39 $7.98 – $24.54
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $22.05 $5.07 – $24.55

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →