Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$335.13

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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$335.13

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.

$7.28 with Wellpoint vs $274.81 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 $7.28 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $12.87 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $12.87 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.18 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $16.18 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.18 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $16.18 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $16.18 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $16.18 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $16.18 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $16.18 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $16.18 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $16.18 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.18 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $16.18 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $16.18 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $16.18 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.18 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.18 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.34 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $16.50 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $16.67 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $16.83 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $16.83 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $16.99 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $16.99 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $16.99 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $16.99 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $16.99 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $16.99 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $17.48 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $17.80 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $18.61 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MGMCD $21.36 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $21.36 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $22.07 ↓ -93%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.30 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $23.78 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $28.84 ↓ -91%
Cigna OAP $32.75 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $48.54 ↓ -86%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $63.67 ↓ -81%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $64.72 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $64.72 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $64.72 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $64.72 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $74.06 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $98.19 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $150.81 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $167.56 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $217.83 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $261.40 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $274.81 ↓ -18%

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $76.91 $5.82 – $62.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $68.38 $14.37 – $161.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $43.01 $14.08 – $32.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $97.72 $14.37 – $161.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.35 $8.09 – $35.27
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $76.91 $11.35 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $76.91 $11.35 – $62.08
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $76.91 $11.35 – $62.08

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