Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative 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

$118.98

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.

$118.98

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.

$2.60 with Wellpoint vs $97.56 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 $2.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $3.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $4.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $4.60 ↓ -96%
Healthspring MCRPPO $5.78 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.78 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $5.78 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $5.78 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $5.78 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $5.78 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $5.78 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $5.78 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.78 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $5.78 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.78 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $5.78 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $5.78 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $5.78 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.78 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.84 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $5.90 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $5.95 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $6.01 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $6.01 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.07 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.07 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.07 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.07 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.07 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.07 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $6.24 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $6.36 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.65 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $7.63 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MGMCD $7.63 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.32 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $8.50 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $10.39 ↓ -91%
Cigna OAP $11.80 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $17.34 ↓ -85%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $22.61 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $23.12 ↓ -81%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $23.12 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $23.12 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $23.12 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $26.29 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $34.86 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $53.54 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $59.49 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $77.34 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $92.80 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $97.56 ↓ -18%

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Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $71.75 $2.08 – $36.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $10.66 $5.14 – $25.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $43.01 $5.02 – $11.56
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $15.23 $5.14 – $25.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.75 $2.89 – $12.60
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $71.75 $4.06 – $48.82
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $71.75 $4.06 – $55.02
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $71.75 $4.06 – $69.69

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