Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout 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.

$14.68 with Wellpoint vs $130.48 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 $14.68
Aetna NewBusiness $25.94
Aetna COMM $25.94
Alive Hospice MCR $32.62
Wellcare MCR $32.62
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $32.62
Molina MCD $32.62
United AllPayerAppendix $32.62
United CorePayer $32.62
United HeritageSelect $32.62
United MASNP $32.62
Amerigroup MGMCR $32.62
Bright Health HIX $32.62
Bright Health SmallGroup $32.62
Healthspring DualEligible $32.62
Healthspring MCRHMO $32.62
Healthspring MCRPOS $32.62
Healthspring MCRPPO $32.62
Devoted Health Plan MCR $32.62
Aetna MGMCRSNP $32.95
Aetna MGMCRPPO $32.95
Aetna MGMCRHMO $32.95
United MGMCR $33.27
Zing MGMCR $33.60
BCBS MCR $33.92
Ambetter Select $33.92
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $34.25
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $34.25
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $34.25
Evergreen HMO MCR $34.25
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $34.25
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $34.25
Ambetter CORE $35.23
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $35.88
Bright Health MCRNarrow $37.51
Wellcare MGMCD $43.06
Wellcare CHIP $43.06
BCBS NetworkP $44.50
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $46.97
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $47.95
Cigna NewBusiness $58.25
Cigna OAP $66.15
Oscar HIX $97.86
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $130.48
Humana BroadNetwork $130.48
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $130.48
Humana HumanaChoice $130.48

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Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $81.09 $11.74 – $126.43
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.60 $16.31 – $71.11
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $81.09 $22.87 – $126.43
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $81.09 $22.87 – $126.43
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $81.09 $22.87 – $126.43
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $81.09 $29.36 – $126.43
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $29.90 $23.10 – $72.18
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $30.60 $14.68 – $71.11

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