Cortisol total am 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.

$7.34 with Wellpoint vs $258.97 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 $7.34
Aetna NewBusiness $12.96
Aetna COMM $12.96
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.30
Healthspring MCRPPO $16.30
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.30
Healthspring MCRPOS $16.30
Healthspring MCRHMO $16.30
Healthspring DualEligible $16.30
Bright Health HIX $16.30
Wellcare MCR $16.30
Alive Hospice MCR $16.30
Molina MCD $16.30
United AllPayerAppendix $16.30
United CorePayer $16.30
United HeritageSelect $16.30
United MASNP $16.30
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.30
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.30
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.46
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.46
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.46
United MGMCR $16.63
Zing MGMCR $16.79
Ambetter Select $16.95
BCBS MCR $16.95
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.12
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.12
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.12
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.12
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.12
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.12
Ambetter CORE $17.61
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $17.93
Bright Health MCRNarrow $18.75
Wellcare MGMCD $21.52
Wellcare CHIP $21.52
BCBS NetworkP $22.24
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.47
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $23.96
Cigna NewBusiness $28.84
Cigna OAP $32.75
Oscar HIX $48.90
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $60.01
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $65.20
Humana BroadNetwork $65.20
Humana HumanaChoice $65.20
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $65.20
United OptionsPPO $69.80
Cigna PPO $92.54
United GlobalBenefitPlan $142.12
Aetna NAP $157.91
City of Springfield COMM $205.28
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $246.34
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $258.97

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Cortisol total am at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $95.76 $5.87 – $63.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $98.28 $14.48 – $232.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $121.67 $14.18 – $32.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $140.44 $14.48 – $232.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.65 $8.15 – $35.53
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $95.76 $11.43 – $63.20
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $95.76 $11.43 – $63.20
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $95.76 $11.43 – $63.20

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