Warde apolipoprotein b 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.

$9.49 with Wellpoint vs $751.47 with Multiplan — 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 $9.49
Aetna NewBusiness $16.77
Aetna COMM $16.77
Devoted Health Plan MCR $21.09
Healthspring MCRPPO $21.09
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $21.09
Healthspring MCRPOS $21.09
Healthspring MCRHMO $21.09
Healthspring DualEligible $21.09
Bright Health HIX $21.09
Wellcare MCR $21.09
Alive Hospice MCR $21.09
Molina MCD $21.09
United AllPayerAppendix $21.09
United CorePayer $21.09
United HeritageSelect $21.09
United MASNP $21.09
Amerigroup MGMCR $21.09
Bright Health SmallGroup $21.09
BCBS NetworkP $21.14
Aetna MGMCRPPO $21.30
Aetna MGMCRSNP $21.30
Aetna MGMCRHMO $21.30
United MGMCR $21.51
Zing MGMCR $21.72
BCBS MCR $21.93
Ambetter Select $21.93
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $22.14
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $22.14
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $22.14
Evergreen HMO MCR $22.14
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $22.14
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $22.14
Ambetter CORE $22.78
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $23.20
Bright Health MCRNarrow $24.25
Wellcare MGMCD $27.84
Wellcare CHIP $27.84
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $30.37
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $31.00
Cigna NewBusiness $37.49
Cigna OAP $42.58
Oscar HIX $63.27
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $84.36
Humana HumanaChoice $84.36
Humana BroadNetwork $84.36
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $84.36
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $174.12
United OptionsPPO $202.53
Cigna PPO $268.51
United GlobalBenefitPlan $412.39
Aetna NAP $458.21
City of Springfield COMM $595.68
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $714.82
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $751.47

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Warde apolipoprotein b at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $86.82 $7.59 – $66.61
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $32.27 $13.77 – $76.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $11.96 $18.35 – $42.18
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $46.11 $13.77 – $76.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $27.15 $10.55 – $45.98
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $86.85 $10.87 – $66.61
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $86.85 $10.87 – $66.61
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $86.85 $10.87 – $66.61

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