Warde cadmium blood 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.

$10.64 with Wellpoint vs $94.56 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 $10.64
Aetna NewBusiness $18.79
Aetna COMM $18.79
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $23.64
Alive Hospice MCR $23.64
Wellcare MCR $23.64
Devoted Health Plan MCR $23.64
Molina MCD $23.64
United AllPayerAppendix $23.64
United CorePayer $23.64
United HeritageSelect $23.64
United MASNP $23.64
Amerigroup MGMCR $23.64
Bright Health HIX $23.64
Bright Health SmallGroup $23.64
Healthspring DualEligible $23.64
Healthspring MCRHMO $23.64
Healthspring MCRPOS $23.64
Healthspring MCRPPO $23.64
Aetna MGMCRPPO $23.88
Aetna MGMCRHMO $23.88
Aetna MGMCRSNP $23.88
United MGMCR $24.11
Zing MGMCR $24.35
Ambetter Select $24.59
BCBS MCR $24.59
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $24.82
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $24.82
Evergreen HMO MCR $24.82
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $24.82
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $24.82
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $24.82
Ambetter CORE $25.53
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $26.00
Bright Health MCRNarrow $27.19
Wellcare MGMCD $31.20
Wellcare CHIP $31.20
BCBS NetworkP $31.33
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $34.04
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $34.75
Cigna NewBusiness $42.11
Cigna OAP $47.82
Oscar HIX $70.92
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $94.56
Humana HumanaChoice $94.56
Humana BroadNetwork $94.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $94.56

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Warde cadmium blood at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $87.98 $8.51 – $89.16
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $40.56 $20.55 – $95.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.03 $20.57 – $47.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $57.96 $20.55 – $95.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $40.20 $11.82 – $51.54
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $87.98 $16.23 – $89.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $87.98 $16.23 – $89.16
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $87.98 $16.23 – $89.16

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