Tissue culture placenta 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.

$67.64 with Wellpoint vs $601.20 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 $67.64
Aetna NewBusiness $119.49
Aetna COMM $119.49
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $150.30
Alive Hospice MCR $150.30
Wellcare MCR $150.30
Devoted Health Plan MCR $150.30
Molina MCD $150.30
United AllPayerAppendix $150.30
United CorePayer $150.30
United HeritageSelect $150.30
United MASNP $150.30
Amerigroup MGMCR $150.30
Bright Health HIX $150.30
Bright Health SmallGroup $150.30
Healthspring DualEligible $150.30
Healthspring MCRHMO $150.30
Healthspring MCRPOS $150.30
Healthspring MCRPPO $150.30
Aetna MGMCRPPO $151.80
Aetna MGMCRHMO $151.80
Aetna MGMCRSNP $151.80
United MGMCR $153.31
Zing MGMCR $154.81
Ambetter Select $156.31
BCBS MCR $156.31
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $157.82
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $157.82
Evergreen HMO MCR $157.82
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $157.82
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $157.82
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $157.82
Ambetter CORE $162.33
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $165.33
Bright Health MCRNarrow $172.84
Wellcare MGMCD $198.40
Wellcare CHIP $198.40
BCBS NetworkP $200.90
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $216.43
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $220.94
Cigna NewBusiness $268.19
Cigna OAP $304.58
Oscar HIX $450.90
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $601.20
Humana HumanaChoice $601.20
Humana BroadNetwork $601.20
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $601.20

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Tissue culture placenta at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $118.91 $104.29 – $331.30
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $121.35 $67.64 – $327.65
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $121.35 $75.15 – $360.72
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $121.35 $75.15 – $360.72
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $115.29 $142.78 – $300.60
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $121.35 $75.15 – $327.65
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $132.66 $67.64 – $361.80
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $132.66 $67.64 – $361.80

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →