Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands 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.

$12.33 with Wellpoint vs $109.56 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 $12.33
Aetna NewBusiness $21.77
Aetna COMM $21.77
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $27.39
Alive Hospice MCR $27.39
Wellcare MCR $27.39
Devoted Health Plan MCR $27.39
Molina MCD $27.39
United AllPayerAppendix $27.39
United CorePayer $27.39
United HeritageSelect $27.39
United MASNP $27.39
Amerigroup MGMCR $27.39
Bright Health HIX $27.39
Bright Health SmallGroup $27.39
Healthspring DualEligible $27.39
Healthspring MCRHMO $27.39
Healthspring MCRPOS $27.39
Healthspring MCRPPO $27.39
BCBS NetworkP $27.43
Aetna MGMCRHMO $27.66
Aetna MGMCRSNP $27.66
Aetna MGMCRPPO $27.66
United MGMCR $27.94
Zing MGMCR $28.21
Ambetter Select $28.49
BCBS MCR $28.49
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $28.76
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $28.76
Evergreen HMO MCR $28.76
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $28.76
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $28.76
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $28.76
Ambetter CORE $29.58
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $30.13
Bright Health MCRNarrow $31.50
Wellcare CHIP $36.15
Wellcare MGMCD $36.15
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $39.44
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $40.26
Cigna NewBusiness $49.03
Cigna OAP $55.69
Oscar HIX $82.17
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $109.56
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $109.56
Humana BroadNetwork $109.56
Humana HumanaChoice $109.56

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Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $147.36 $9.86 – $85.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $47.96 $17.86 – $113.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $36.11 $23.83 – $54.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $68.53 $17.86 – $113.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $35.25 $13.70 – $59.71
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $147.36 $14.10 – $85.78
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $147.36 $14.10 – $85.78
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $241.85 $14.10 – $85.78

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