Braf gene 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

$2,518.34

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.

$2,518.34

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.

$78.93 with Wellpoint vs $2,065.04 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 $78.93 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $139.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $139.44 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $175.40 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRPPO $175.40 ↓ -93%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $175.40 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRPOS $175.40 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRHMO $175.40 ↓ -93%
Healthspring DualEligible $175.40 ↓ -93%
Bright Health HIX $175.40 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MCR $175.40 ↓ -93%
Alive Hospice MCR $175.40 ↓ -93%
Molina MCD $175.40 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $175.40 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $175.40 ↓ -93%
United HeritageSelect $175.40 ↓ -93%
United MASNP $175.40 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCR $175.40 ↓ -93%
Bright Health SmallGroup $175.40 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $177.15 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $177.15 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $177.15 ↓ -93%
United MGMCR $178.91 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $179.25 ↓ -93%
Zing MGMCR $180.66 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCR $182.42 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Select $182.42 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $184.17 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $184.17 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $184.17 ↓ -93%
Evergreen HMO MCR $184.17 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $184.17 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $184.17 ↓ -93%
Ambetter CORE $189.43 ↓ -92%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $192.94 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $201.71 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MGMCD $231.53 ↓ -91%
Wellcare CHIP $231.53 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $252.58 ↓ -90%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $257.84 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $312.59 ↓ -88%
Cigna OAP $355.00 ↓ -86%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $478.48 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $526.20 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $556.55 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $701.60 ↓ -72%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $701.60 ↓ -72%
Humana HumanaChoice $701.60 ↓ -72%
Humana BroadNetwork $701.60 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $737.87 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,133.25 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,259.17 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,636.92 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,964.31 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,065.04 ↓ -18%

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Braf gene at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $470.76 $63.14 – $549.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $303.11 $98.40 – $716.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $433.16 $98.40 – $716.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $230.10 $87.70 – $382.37
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $470.76 $88.73 – $549.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $470.76 $88.73 – $549.70
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $470.76 $88.73 – $549.70
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $470.76 $99.93 – $549.70

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