Carboxyhemoglobin 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

$263.75

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.

$263.75

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.

$5.54 with Wellpoint vs $216.28 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 $5.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $9.79 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $9.79 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $12.32 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $12.32 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $12.32 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $12.32 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $12.32 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $12.32 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $12.32 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $12.32 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $12.32 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $12.32 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.32 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $12.32 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $12.32 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $12.32 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $12.32 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.32 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $12.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $12.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $12.44 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $12.57 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $12.69 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $12.81 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $12.81 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $12.94 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $12.94 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $12.94 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $12.94 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $12.94 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $12.94 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $13.30 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $13.55 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $14.17 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MGMCD $16.26 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $16.26 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $16.81 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $17.74 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $18.11 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $21.91 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $24.88 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $36.96 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $49.28 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $49.28 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $49.28 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $49.28 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $50.11 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $58.29 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $77.28 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $118.69 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $131.88 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $171.44 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $205.72 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $216.28 ↓ -18%

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Carboxyhemoglobin quantitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $72.24 $4.44 – $47.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $15.10 $3.62 – $35.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $66.01 $10.72 – $24.64
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $21.58 $3.62 – $35.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $21.60 $6.16 – $26.86
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $72.24 $8.64 – $47.40
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $72.24 $8.64 – $47.40
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $72.24 $8.64 – $47.40

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