Mayo rbcme osmotic fragility rbc incubated at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184
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Cash price 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 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.
$6.01 with Wellpoint vs $53.44 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $6.01 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $10.62 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $10.62 | — |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $13.36 | — |
| Alive Hospice | MCR | $13.36 | — |
| Wellcare | MCR | $13.36 | — |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $13.36 | — |
| Molina | MCD | $13.36 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.36 | — |
| United | CorePayer | $13.36 | — |
| United | HeritageSelect | $13.36 | — |
| United | MASNP | $13.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $13.36 | — |
| Bright Health | HIX | $13.36 | — |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $13.36 | — |
| Healthspring | DualEligible | $13.36 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRHMO | $13.36 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRPOS | $13.36 | — |
| Healthspring | MCRPPO | $13.36 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $13.49 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $13.49 | — |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $13.49 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $13.63 | — |
| Zing | MGMCR | $13.76 | — |
| Ambetter | Select | $13.89 | — |
| BCBS | MCR | $13.89 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $14.03 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $14.03 | — |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $14.03 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $14.03 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $14.03 | — |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $14.03 | — |
| Ambetter | CORE | $14.43 | — |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $14.70 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $15.36 | — |
| Wellcare | MGMCD | $17.64 | — |
| Wellcare | CHIP | $17.64 | — |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $18.23 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $19.24 | — |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $19.64 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $23.64 | — |
| Cigna | OAP | $26.85 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $40.08 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $53.44 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $53.44 | — |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $53.44 | — |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $53.44 | — |
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Mayo rbcme osmotic fragility rbc incubated at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $23.25 | $6.24 – $29.12 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $219.98 | $9.37 – $51.92 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $219.98 | $9.37 – $51.92 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $219.98 | $9.37 – $51.92 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $219.98 | $12.02 – $51.92 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $23.25 | $6.01 – $29.12 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $23.25 | $6.35 – $32.06 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $23.25 | $6.68 – $29.12 |