Platelet aggregation each agent teg 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.

$11.21 with Wellpoint vs $324.72 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $11.21
Aetna NewBusiness $19.80
Aetna COMM $19.80
Devoted Health Plan MCR $24.91
Healthspring MCRPPO $24.91
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $24.91
Healthspring MCRPOS $24.91
Healthspring MCRHMO $24.91
Healthspring DualEligible $24.91
Bright Health HIX $24.91
Wellcare MCR $24.91
Alive Hospice MCR $24.91
Molina MCD $24.91
United AllPayerAppendix $24.91
United CorePayer $24.91
United HeritageSelect $24.91
United MASNP $24.91
Amerigroup MGMCR $24.91
Bright Health SmallGroup $24.91
Aetna MGMCRPPO $25.16
Aetna MGMCRSNP $25.16
Aetna MGMCRHMO $25.16
United MGMCR $25.41
Zing MGMCR $25.66
Ambetter Select $25.91
BCBS MCR $25.91
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $26.16
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $26.16
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $26.16
Evergreen HMO MCR $26.16
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $26.16
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $26.16
Ambetter CORE $26.90
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $27.40
Bright Health MCRNarrow $28.65
BCBS NetworkP $29.31
Wellcare MGMCD $32.88
Wellcare CHIP $32.88
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $35.87
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $36.62
Cigna NewBusiness $44.42
Cigna OAP $50.44
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $69.88
Humana BroadNetwork $69.88
Humana HumanaChoice $69.88
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $69.88
Oscar HIX $74.73
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $75.24
United OptionsPPO $87.52
Cigna PPO $116.03
United GlobalBenefitPlan $178.20
Aetna NAP $198.00
City of Springfield COMM $257.40
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $308.88
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $324.72

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Platelet aggregation each agent teg at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $253.79 $8.97 – $83.52
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $157.18 $19.09 – $371.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $42.32 $21.67 – $49.82
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $224.62 $19.09 – $371.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $37.50 $12.46 – $54.30
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $90.14 $15.07 – $83.52
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $90.14 $15.07 – $83.52
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $90.14 $15.07 – $83.52

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