Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml 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.

$23.83 with Molina vs $279.19 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
Molina MCD $23.83
Aetna MGMCRHMO $51.07
Aetna MGMCRPPO $51.07
Aetna MGMCRSNP $51.07
BCBS NetworkP $55.21
Cigna NewBusiness $56.92
Cigna OAP $64.72
United OptionsPPO $75.24
Cigna PPO $99.76
United CorePayer $140.66
United AllPayerAppendix $140.66
United HeritageSelect $140.66
United GlobalBenefitPlan $153.21
City of Springfield COMM $221.31
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $265.57
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $279.19

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $123.36 $46.01 – $227.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $68.52 $37.41 – $135.36
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $50.92 $46.56 – $67.17
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $97.91 $37.41 – $135.36
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $141.47 $19.50 – $172.85
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $123.36 $34.02 – $112.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $123.36 $34.02 – $112.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $123.36 $34.02 – $70.69

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