C-reactive protein high sensitivity 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.

$5.83 with Wellpoint vs $51.80 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 $5.83
Aetna NewBusiness $10.29
Aetna COMM $10.29
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $12.95
Alive Hospice MCR $12.95
Wellcare MCR $12.95
Devoted Health Plan MCR $12.95
Molina MCD $12.95
United AllPayerAppendix $12.95
United CorePayer $12.95
United HeritageSelect $12.95
United MASNP $12.95
Amerigroup MGMCR $12.95
Bright Health HIX $12.95
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.95
Healthspring DualEligible $12.95
Healthspring MCRHMO $12.95
Healthspring MCRPOS $12.95
Healthspring MCRPPO $12.95
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.08
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.08
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.08
United MGMCR $13.21
Zing MGMCR $13.34
Ambetter Select $13.47
BCBS MCR $13.47
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.60
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.60
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.60
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.60
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.60
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.60
Ambetter CORE $13.98
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.25
Bright Health MCRNarrow $14.89
Wellcare MGMCD $17.09
Wellcare CHIP $17.09
BCBS NetworkP $17.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.65
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $19.04
Cigna NewBusiness $23.06
Cigna OAP $26.19
Oscar HIX $38.85
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $51.80
Humana HumanaChoice $51.80
Humana BroadNetwork $51.80
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $51.80

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C-reactive protein high sensitivity at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $204.95 $4.66 – $49.66
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $90.28 $11.50 – $213.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $43.01 $11.27 – $25.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $129.02 $11.50 – $213.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $22.65 $6.48 – $28.23
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $204.95 $9.08 – $49.66
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $204.95 $9.08 – $49.66
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $204.95 $9.08 – $49.66

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