Amylase 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.

$2.92 with Wellpoint vs $365.88 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 $2.92
Aetna NewBusiness $5.15
Aetna COMM $5.15
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.48
Healthspring MCRPPO $6.48
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.48
Healthspring MCRPOS $6.48
Healthspring MCRHMO $6.48
Healthspring DualEligible $6.48
Bright Health HIX $6.48
Wellcare MCR $6.48
Alive Hospice MCR $6.48
Molina MCD $6.48
United AllPayerAppendix $6.48
United CorePayer $6.48
United HeritageSelect $6.48
United MASNP $6.48
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.48
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.48
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.54
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.54
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.54
United MGMCR $6.61
Zing MGMCR $6.67
Ambetter Select $6.74
BCBS MCR $6.74
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.80
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.80
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.80
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.80
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.80
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.80
Ambetter CORE $7.00
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.13
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.45
Wellcare MGMCD $8.55
Wellcare CHIP $8.55
BCBS NetworkP $8.84
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.33
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $9.53
Cigna NewBusiness $11.54
Cigna OAP $13.11
Oscar HIX $19.44
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $25.92
Humana HumanaChoice $25.92
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $25.92
Humana BroadNetwork $25.92
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $84.78
United OptionsPPO $98.61
Cigna PPO $130.73
United GlobalBenefitPlan $200.79
Aetna NAP $223.09
City of Springfield COMM $290.02
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $348.03
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $365.88

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Amylase at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $85.65 $2.33 – $24.85
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $15.40 $5.75 – $36.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $55.89 $5.64 – $12.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $22.00 $5.75 – $36.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.40 $3.24 – $14.13
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $85.65 $4.54 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $85.65 $4.54 – $24.85
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $85.65 $4.54 – $24.85

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