Amino acid single qual 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.

$6.38 with Wellpoint vs $56.72 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 $6.38
Aetna NewBusiness $11.28
Aetna COMM $11.28
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.18
Alive Hospice MCR $14.18
Wellcare MCR $14.18
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.18
Molina MCD $14.18
United AllPayerAppendix $14.18
United CorePayer $14.18
United HeritageSelect $14.18
United MASNP $14.18
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.18
Bright Health HIX $14.18
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.18
Healthspring DualEligible $14.18
Healthspring MCRHMO $14.18
Healthspring MCRPOS $14.18
Healthspring MCRPPO $14.18
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.32
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.32
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.32
United MGMCR $14.46
Zing MGMCR $14.61
Ambetter Select $14.75
BCBS MCR $14.75
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $14.89
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $14.89
Evergreen HMO MCR $14.89
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $14.89
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $14.89
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $14.89
Ambetter CORE $15.32
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.60
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.31
Wellcare MGMCD $18.72
Wellcare CHIP $18.72
BCBS NetworkP $18.91
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.42
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $20.84
Cigna NewBusiness $25.37
Cigna OAP $28.81
Oscar HIX $42.54
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $56.72
Humana HumanaChoice $56.72
Humana BroadNetwork $56.72
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $56.72

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Amino acid single qual at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $23.92 $9.82 – $31.04
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $24.30 $6.38 – $30.91
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $24.30 $7.09 – $34.03
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $24.30 $7.09 – $34.03
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $24.30 $7.09 – $30.91
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell $11.76 $6.38 – $37.80
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $5.10 – $54.18
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $9.72 – $54.18

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →