Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual 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

$500.57

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.

$500.57

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.

$67.42 with BCBS vs $410.47 with Multiplan — 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 $67.42 ↓ -87%
Bright Health HIX $75.09 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $78.59 ↓ -84%
Molina MCD $78.85 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $90.91 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMM $90.91 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $95.11 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $96.61 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $100.11 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $105.12 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $110.63 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $136.45 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $146.67 ↓ -71%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -70%
United CorePayer $149.16 ↓ -70%
United HeritageSelect $149.16 ↓ -70%
Cigna OAP $154.97 ↓ -69%
Humana BroadNetwork $160.32 ↓ -68%
Humana HumanaChoice $160.32 ↓ -68%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $160.32 ↓ -68%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $160.32 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $225.26 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $250.28 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $325.37 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $390.44 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $410.47 ↓ -18%

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Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $213.48 $34.29 – $280.59
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $185.60 $51.96 – $438.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $31.97 $34.91 – $312.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $265.23 $51.96 – $438.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $86.40 $33.13 – $346.58
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $224.63 $18.23 – $280.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $224.63 $18.23 – $280.59
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $213.48 $18.23 – $280.59

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