Warde analysis gene hfe common variants 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.

$29.41 with Wellpoint vs $261.44 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 $29.41
Aetna NewBusiness $51.96
Aetna COMM $51.96
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $65.36
Alive Hospice MCR $65.36
Wellcare MCR $65.36
Devoted Health Plan MCR $65.36
Molina MCD $65.36
United AllPayerAppendix $65.36
United CorePayer $65.36
United HeritageSelect $65.36
United MASNP $65.36
Amerigroup MGMCR $65.36
Bright Health HIX $65.36
Bright Health SmallGroup $65.36
Healthspring DualEligible $65.36
Healthspring MCRHMO $65.36
Healthspring MCRPOS $65.36
Healthspring MCRPPO $65.36
Aetna MGMCRPPO $66.01
Aetna MGMCRHMO $66.01
Aetna MGMCRSNP $66.01
United MGMCR $66.67
Zing MGMCR $67.32
Ambetter Select $67.97
BCBS MCR $67.97
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $68.63
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $68.63
Evergreen HMO MCR $68.63
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $68.63
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $68.63
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $68.63
Ambetter CORE $70.59
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $71.90
Bright Health MCRNarrow $75.16
Wellcare MGMCD $86.28
Wellcare CHIP $86.28
BCBS NetworkP $89.17
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $94.12
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $96.08
Cigna NewBusiness $116.49
Cigna OAP $132.30
Oscar HIX $196.08
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $261.44
Humana HumanaChoice $261.44
Humana BroadNetwork $261.44
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $261.44

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Warde analysis gene hfe common variants at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $221.43 $23.53 – $252.86
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $46.18 $40.00 – $122.88
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $361.10 $40.62 – $130.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $65.99 $32.76 – $122.88
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $114.45 $32.68 – $142.48
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $221.43 $40.62 – $252.86
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $221.43 $40.62 – $252.86
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $221.43 $44.14 – $252.86

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