Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath 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

$1,187.27

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.

$1,187.27

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.

$7.77 with Wellpoint vs $973.56 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 $7.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $13.73 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $13.73 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $17.27 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPOS $17.27 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMO $17.27 ↓ -99%
Healthspring DualEligible $17.27 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $17.27 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
Alive Hospice MCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
Molina MCD $17.27 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.27 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $17.27 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $17.27 ↓ -99%
United MASNP $17.27 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $17.27 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $17.27 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $17.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $17.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $17.44 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $17.62 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $17.79 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $17.96 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $17.96 ↓ -98%
Evergreen HMO MCR $18.13 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $18.13 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $18.13 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $18.13 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $18.13 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $18.13 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CORE $18.65 ↓ -98%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $19.00 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $19.86 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MGMCD $22.80 ↓ -98%
Wellcare CHIP $22.80 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.87 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $25.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $30.57 ↓ -97%
Cigna OAP $34.71 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $51.81 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $69.08 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoice $69.08 ↓ -94%
Humana BroadNetwork $69.08 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $69.08 ↓ -94%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $225.58 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $262.39 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $347.87 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $534.27 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $593.63 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $771.73 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $926.07 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $973.56 ↓ -18%

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Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $22.20 $8.64 – $37.65
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $21.85 $8.64 – $38.25
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $22.20 $6.22 – $37.65
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $22.20 $8.64 – $41.45
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $22.20 $8.64 – $37.65
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $22.20 $8.64 – $41.45
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $22.20 $8.64 – $41.45
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $22.20 $8.64 – $37.65

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →