C-peptide 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

$442.22

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.

$442.22

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.

$9.36 with Wellpoint vs $362.62 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 $9.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.55 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $16.55 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $20.81 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $20.81 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $20.81 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $20.81 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $20.81 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $20.81 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $20.81 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $20.81 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $20.81 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $20.81 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.81 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $20.81 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $20.81 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $20.81 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $20.81 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $20.81 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $21.02 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $21.02 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $21.02 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $21.23 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $21.43 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $21.64 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $21.64 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $21.85 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $21.85 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $21.85 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $21.85 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $21.85 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $21.85 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $22.48 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $22.89 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $23.93 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MGMCD $27.47 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $27.47 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $28.39 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $29.97 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $30.59 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $36.91 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $41.92 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $62.43 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $83.24 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $83.24 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $83.24 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $83.24 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $84.02 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $97.73 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $129.57 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $199.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $221.11 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $287.44 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $344.93 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $362.62 ↓ -18%

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C-peptide at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $79.41 $7.49 – $80.14
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $42.63 $18.49 – $100.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $46.92 $18.10 – $41.62
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $60.92 $18.49 – $100.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $36.45 $10.41 – $45.37
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $79.41 $14.59 – $80.14
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $79.41 $14.59 – $80.14
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $79.41 $14.59 – $80.14

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