#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 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

$342.72

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.

$342.72

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.

$1.02 with BCBS vs $281.03 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
BCBS NetworkP $1.02 ↓ -100%
Wellpoint MGMCD $3.29 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $5.81 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $5.81 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPPO $7.31 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $7.31 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPOS $7.31 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRHMO $7.31 ↓ -98%
Healthspring DualEligible $7.31 ↓ -98%
Bright Health HIX $7.31 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $7.31 ↓ -98%
Alive Hospice MCR $7.31 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $7.31 ↓ -98%
Molina MCD $7.31 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.31 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $7.31 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $7.31 ↓ -98%
United MASNP $7.31 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCR $7.31 ↓ -98%
Bright Health SmallGroup $7.31 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $7.38 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $7.38 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $7.38 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $7.46 ↓ -98%
Zing MGMCR $7.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCR $7.60 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $7.61 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.68 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.68 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.68 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.68 ↓ -98%
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.68 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.68 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CORE $7.90 ↓ -98%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.04 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $8.41 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MGMCD $9.65 ↓ -97%
Wellcare CHIP $9.65 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $10.53 ↓ -97%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $10.75 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $13.27 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP $15.07 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $21.93 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $29.24 ↓ -91%
Humana HumanaChoice $29.24 ↓ -91%
Humana BroadNetwork $29.24 ↓ -91%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $29.24 ↓ -91%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $65.12 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $75.74 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $100.42 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $154.22 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $171.36 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $222.77 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $267.32 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $281.03 ↓ -18%

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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $10.36 $1.80 – $24.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $14.81 $1.80 – $24.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.45 $1.42 – $15.94
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $9.20 $1.42 – $15.88
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $9.45 $1.42 – $15.94
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $9.45 $1.42 – $17.54
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $9.45 $1.72 – $15.94
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $9.45 $1.42 – $17.54

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →