Cholinesterase 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.

$3.54 with Wellpoint vs $31.48 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 $3.54
Aetna NewBusiness $6.25
Aetna COMM $6.25
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $7.87
Alive Hospice MCR $7.87
Wellcare MCR $7.87
Devoted Health Plan MCR $7.87
Molina MCD $7.87
United AllPayerAppendix $7.87
United CorePayer $7.87
United HeritageSelect $7.87
United MASNP $7.87
Amerigroup MGMCR $7.87
Bright Health HIX $7.87
Bright Health SmallGroup $7.87
Healthspring DualEligible $7.87
Healthspring MCRHMO $7.87
Healthspring MCRPOS $7.87
Healthspring MCRPPO $7.87
Aetna MGMCRPPO $7.95
Aetna MGMCRHMO $7.95
Aetna MGMCRSNP $7.95
United MGMCR $8.03
Zing MGMCR $8.11
Ambetter Select $8.18
BCBS MCR $8.18
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.26
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.26
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.26
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.26
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.26
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.26
Ambetter CORE $8.50
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.66
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.05
Wellcare MGMCD $10.39
Wellcare CHIP $10.39
BCBS NetworkP $10.75
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.33
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $11.57
Cigna NewBusiness $13.85
Cigna OAP $15.73
Oscar HIX $23.61
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $31.48
Humana HumanaChoice $31.48
Humana BroadNetwork $31.48
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $31.48

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Cholinesterase at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $10.36 $7.00 – $24.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $21.39 $6.85 – $15.74
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $14.81 $7.00 – $24.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $13.65 $3.94 – $17.16
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $13.57 $5.58 – $17.32
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $13.65 $3.54 – $17.16
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $13.65 $3.94 – $18.89
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $13.65 $3.94 – $17.16

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →