Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific 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

$805.13

Cash price

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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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$805.13

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.

$7.66 with Wellpoint vs $660.21 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 $7.66 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $13.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $13.54 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPPO $17.03 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPOS $17.03 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRHMO $17.03 ↓ -98%
Healthspring DualEligible $17.03 ↓ -98%
Bright Health HIX $17.03 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Alive Hospice MCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Molina MCD $17.03 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.03 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $17.03 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $17.03 ↓ -98%
United MASNP $17.03 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -98%
Bright Health SmallGroup $17.03 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $17.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $17.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $17.20 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $17.37 ↓ -98%
Zing MGMCR $17.54 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $17.71 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCR $17.71 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.88 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.88 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.88 ↓ -98%
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.88 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.88 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.88 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CORE $18.39 ↓ -98%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.73 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $19.58 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $20.39 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MGMCD $22.48 ↓ -97%
Wellcare CHIP $22.48 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.52 ↓ -97%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $25.03 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $30.57 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP $34.71 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $51.09 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $68.12 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoice $68.12 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $68.12 ↓ -92%
Humana BroadNetwork $68.12 ↓ -92%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $152.97 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $177.93 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $235.90 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $362.31 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $402.56 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $523.33 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $628.00 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $660.21 ↓ -18%

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Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $210.80 $6.13 – $65.46
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $38.19 $15.13 – $90.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $57.04 $14.82 – $34.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $54.57 $15.13 – $90.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.65 $8.52 – $37.13
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $210.80 $11.94 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $210.80 $11.94 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $210.80 $11.94 – $65.46

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