Assay acid phosphatase 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

$850.99

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.

$850.99

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.

$3.44 with Wellpoint vs $697.81 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 $3.44 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $6.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $7.64 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $7.64 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $7.64 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPOS $7.64 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMO $7.64 ↓ -99%
Healthspring DualEligible $7.64 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $7.64 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $7.64 ↓ -99%
Alive Hospice MCR $7.64 ↓ -99%
Molina MCD $7.64 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.64 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $7.64 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $7.64 ↓ -99%
United MASNP $7.64 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $7.64 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $7.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $7.72 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $7.72 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $7.72 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $7.79 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $7.87 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $7.95 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $7.95 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.02 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.02 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.02 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.02 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.02 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.02 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $8.25 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.40 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $8.79 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MGMCD $10.08 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $10.08 ↓ -99%
Wellcare CHIP $10.08 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.00 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.23 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $13.85 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $15.73 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $22.92 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $30.56 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $30.56 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $30.56 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $30.56 ↓ -96%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $161.69 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $188.07 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $249.34 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $382.95 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $425.50 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $553.14 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $663.77 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $697.81 ↓ -18%

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Assay acid phosphatase at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $25.76 $6.65 – $15.28
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $12.90 $3.44 – $16.66
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $12.90 $3.82 – $18.34
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $12.90 $3.82 – $18.34
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $11.97 $7.26 – $15.28
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $20.40 $6.65 – $15.28
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $12.90 $3.82 – $16.66
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON $280.41 $3.44 – $22.92

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