Platelet automated 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

$99.15

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.

$99.15

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.

$2.02 with Wellpoint vs $81.30 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 $2.02 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $3.56 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.48 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $4.48 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.48 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $4.48 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $4.48 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $4.48 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $4.48 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $4.48 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $4.48 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $4.48 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.48 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $4.48 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $4.48 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $4.48 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.48 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.52 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $4.57 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $4.61 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $4.66 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $4.66 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.70 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.70 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.70 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.70 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.70 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.70 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $4.84 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.93 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.15 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MGMCD $5.91 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $5.91 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $6.11 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.45 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.59 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $8.08 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $9.18 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $13.44 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $17.92 ↓ -82%
Humana HumanaChoice $17.92 ↓ -82%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $17.92 ↓ -82%
Humana BroadNetwork $17.92 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $18.84 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $21.91 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $29.05 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $44.62 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $49.58 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $64.45 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $77.34 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $81.30 ↓ -18%

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Platelet automated at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $42.42 $1.61 – $16.95
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $76.96 $3.98 – $182.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $22.31 $3.90 – $8.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $109.98 $3.98 – $182.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $7.65 $2.24 – $9.77
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $42.42 $3.14 – $16.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $42.42 $3.14 – $16.95
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $42.42 $3.14 – $16.95

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