Assay of procainamide w/metab 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.

$7.54 with Wellpoint vs $67.00 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 $7.54
Aetna NewBusiness $13.31
Aetna COMM $13.31
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.75
Alive Hospice MCR $16.75
Wellcare MCR $16.75
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.75
Molina MCD $16.75
United AllPayerAppendix $16.75
United CorePayer $16.75
United HeritageSelect $16.75
United MASNP $16.75
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.75
Bright Health HIX $16.75
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.75
Healthspring DualEligible $16.75
Healthspring MCRHMO $16.75
Healthspring MCRPOS $16.75
Healthspring MCRPPO $16.75
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.92
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.92
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.92
United MGMCR $17.09
Zing MGMCR $17.25
Ambetter Select $17.42
BCBS MCR $17.42
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.59
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.59
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.59
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.59
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.59
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.59
Ambetter CORE $18.09
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.43
Bright Health MCRNarrow $19.26
Wellcare MGMCD $22.11
Wellcare CHIP $22.11
BCBS NetworkP $22.85
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.12
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $24.62
Cigna NewBusiness $29.99
Cigna OAP $34.06
Oscar HIX $50.25
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $67.00
Humana HumanaChoice $67.00
Humana BroadNetwork $67.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $67.00

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Assay of procainamide w/metab at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $120.75 $6.03 – $64.35
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $30.79 $14.88 – $72.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $19.32 $14.57 – $33.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $44.00 $14.88 – $72.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $29.25 $8.38 – $36.52
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $84.27 $11.74 – $64.35
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $84.27 $11.74 – $64.35
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $84.27 $11.74 – $64.35

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →