Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing 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

$785.11

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$785.11

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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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$44.95 with BCBS vs $643.79 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $44.95 ↓ -94%
Molina MCD $54.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $117.62 ↓ -85%
Aetna NewBusiness $117.62 ↓ -85%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $145.12 ↓ -82%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $145.12 ↓ -82%
Humana BroadNetwork $145.12 ↓ -82%
Humana HumanaChoice $145.12 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $149.17 ↓ -81%
United CorePayer $154.52 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $154.52 ↓ -80%
United HeritageSelect $154.52 ↓ -80%
Cigna NewBusiness $158.09 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $173.51 ↓ -78%
Cigna OAP $179.57 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO $230.04 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $353.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $392.56 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $510.32 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $612.39 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $643.79 ↓ -18%

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Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $284.28 $46.19 – $194.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $101.55 $53.58 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $131.31 $46.19 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $131.31 $46.19 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $125.04 $47.68 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $308.31 $46.19 – $179.33
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $101.55 $34.67 – $212.67
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $101.55 $53.58 – $238.03

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