C-reactive protein, quantitative 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.

$4.79 with Wellpoint vs $42.56 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 $4.79
Aetna NewBusiness $8.46
Aetna COMM $8.46
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $10.64
Alive Hospice MCR $10.64
Wellcare MCR $10.64
Devoted Health Plan MCR $10.64
Molina MCD $10.64
United AllPayerAppendix $10.64
United CorePayer $10.64
United HeritageSelect $10.64
United MASNP $10.64
Amerigroup MGMCR $10.64
Bright Health HIX $10.64
Bright Health SmallGroup $10.64
Healthspring DualEligible $10.64
Healthspring MCRHMO $10.64
Healthspring MCRPOS $10.64
Healthspring MCRPPO $10.64
Aetna MGMCRPPO $10.75
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.75
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.75
United MGMCR $10.85
Zing MGMCR $10.96
Ambetter Select $11.07
BCBS MCR $11.07
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $11.17
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $11.17
Evergreen HMO MCR $11.17
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $11.17
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $11.17
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $11.17
Ambetter CORE $11.49
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $11.70
Bright Health MCRNarrow $12.24
Wellcare MGMCD $14.04
Wellcare CHIP $14.04
BCBS NetworkP $14.51
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $15.32
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $15.64
Cigna NewBusiness $19.02
Cigna OAP $21.61
Oscar HIX $31.92
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $42.56
Humana HumanaChoice $42.56
Humana BroadNetwork $42.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $42.56

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C-reactive protein, quantitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $14.21 $9.44 – $33.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $20.31 $9.44 – $33.60
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $18.40 $7.54 – $23.10
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $18.75 $4.79 – $23.20
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $18.75 $5.32 – $25.54
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $18.75 $5.32 – $25.54
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $18.75 $5.32 – $23.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $3.83 – $40.65

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →