Sept9 promoter methylation analysis 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.

$83.67 with BCBS vs $768.00 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
BCBS NetworkP $83.67
Wellpoint MGMCD $86.40
Aetna NewBusiness $152.64
Aetna COMM $152.64
Alive Hospice MCR $192.00
Wellcare MCR $192.00
Devoted Health Plan MCR $192.00
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $192.00
Molina MCD $192.00
United AllPayerAppendix $192.00
United CorePayer $192.00
United HeritageSelect $192.00
United MASNP $192.00
Amerigroup MGMCR $192.00
Bright Health HIX $192.00
Bright Health SmallGroup $192.00
Healthspring DualEligible $192.00
Healthspring MCRHMO $192.00
Healthspring MCRPOS $192.00
Healthspring MCRPPO $192.00
Aetna MGMCRSNP $193.92
Aetna MGMCRPPO $193.92
Aetna MGMCRHMO $193.92
United MGMCR $195.84
Zing MGMCR $197.76
Ambetter Select $199.68
BCBS MCR $199.68
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $201.60
Evergreen HMO MCR $201.60
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $201.60
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $201.60
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $201.60
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $201.60
Ambetter CORE $207.36
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $211.20
Bright Health MCRNarrow $220.80
Wellcare MGMCD $253.44
Wellcare CHIP $253.44
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $276.48
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $282.24
Cigna NewBusiness $342.60
Cigna OAP $389.08
Oscar HIX $576.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $768.00
Humana HumanaChoice $768.00
Humana BroadNetwork $768.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $768.00

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Sept9 promoter methylation analysis at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $52.21 $41.84 – $227.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $53.25 $30.12 – $418.56
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $53.25 $50.20 – $418.56
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $53.25 $50.20 – $418.56
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $53.25 $41.84 – $418.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $67.98 – $395.79
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $67.98 – $272.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $67.98 – $272.16

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