Aminolevulinic acid delta 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.

$7.40 with Wellpoint vs $65.80 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 $7.40
Aetna NewBusiness $13.08
Aetna COMM $13.08
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.45
Alive Hospice MCR $16.45
Wellcare MCR $16.45
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.45
Molina MCD $16.45
United AllPayerAppendix $16.45
United CorePayer $16.45
United HeritageSelect $16.45
United MASNP $16.45
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.45
Bright Health HIX $16.45
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.45
Healthspring DualEligible $16.45
Healthspring MCRHMO $16.45
Healthspring MCRPOS $16.45
Healthspring MCRPPO $16.45
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.61
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.61
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.61
United MGMCR $16.78
Zing MGMCR $16.94
Ambetter Select $17.11
BCBS MCR $17.11
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.27
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.27
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.27
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.27
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.27
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.27
Ambetter CORE $17.76
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.10
Bright Health MCRNarrow $18.92
Wellcare MGMCD $21.71
Wellcare CHIP $21.71
BCBS NetworkP $22.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.69
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $24.18
Cigna NewBusiness $29.41
Cigna OAP $33.40
Oscar HIX $49.35
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $65.80
Humana HumanaChoice $65.80
Humana BroadNetwork $65.80
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $65.80

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $129.15 $5.92 – $63.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $19.24 $14.62 – $45.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $27.50 $13.65 – $45.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.80 $8.23 – $35.86
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $129.15 $11.54 – $63.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $129.15 $11.54 – $63.20
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $129.15 $11.54 – $63.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $129.15 $14.80 – $63.20

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →