Placental lactogen 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.

$9.10 with Wellpoint vs $80.88 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 $9.10
Aetna NewBusiness $16.08
Aetna COMM $16.08
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $20.22
Alive Hospice MCR $20.22
Wellcare MCR $20.22
Devoted Health Plan MCR $20.22
Molina MCD $20.22
United AllPayerAppendix $20.22
United CorePayer $20.22
United HeritageSelect $20.22
United MASNP $20.22
Amerigroup MGMCR $20.22
Bright Health HIX $20.22
Bright Health SmallGroup $20.22
Healthspring DualEligible $20.22
Healthspring MCRHMO $20.22
Healthspring MCRPOS $20.22
Healthspring MCRPPO $20.22
Aetna MGMCRPPO $20.42
Aetna MGMCRHMO $20.42
Aetna MGMCRSNP $20.42
United MGMCR $20.62
Zing MGMCR $20.83
Ambetter Select $21.03
BCBS MCR $21.03
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $21.23
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $21.23
Evergreen HMO MCR $21.23
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $21.23
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $21.23
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $21.23
Ambetter CORE $21.84
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $22.24
Bright Health MCRNarrow $23.25
Wellcare MGMCD $26.69
Wellcare CHIP $26.69
BCBS NetworkP $27.58
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $29.12
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $29.72
Cigna NewBusiness $36.34
Cigna OAP $41.27
Oscar HIX $60.66
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $80.88
Humana HumanaChoice $80.88
Humana BroadNetwork $80.88
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $80.88

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Placental lactogen at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $7.28 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $14.18 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $14.18 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $14.18 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $18.20 – $77.88
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $18.20 – $77.88
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $9.10 – $60.66
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $9.10 – $60.66

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