Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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.

$23.09 with Wellpoint vs $153.93 with Oscar — 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 $23.09
Healthspring DualEligible $51.31
Wellcare MCR $51.31
Devoted Health Plan MCR $51.31
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $51.31
Alive Hospice MCR $51.31
BCBS NetworkP $51.31
Bright Health SmallGroup $51.31
United MASNP $51.31
Amerigroup MGMCR $51.31
Healthspring MCRPPO $51.31
Healthspring MCRPOS $51.31
Bright Health HIX $51.31
Healthspring MCRHMO $51.31
Molina MCD $51.31
United AllPayerAppendix $51.31
United CorePayer $51.31
United HeritageSelect $51.31
Aetna MGMCRHMO $51.82
Aetna MGMCRPPO $51.82
Aetna MGMCRSNP $51.82
United MGMCR $52.34
Zing MGMCR $52.85
BCBS MCR $53.36
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $53.88
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $53.88
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $53.88
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $53.88
Evergreen HMO MCR $53.88
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $53.88
Aetna NewBusiness $54.39
Aetna COMM $54.39
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $56.44
Bright Health MCRNarrow $59.01
Wellcare CHIP $67.73
Wellcare MGMCD $67.73
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $73.89
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $75.43
Cigna NewBusiness $91.70
Cigna OAP $104.14
Oscar HIX $153.93

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $67.49 $35.92 – $159.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $42.78 $44.64 – $102.62
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $96.45 $35.92 – $159.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $15.00 $10.33 – $111.86
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $14.72 $11.55 – $64.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $15.00 $11.21 – $111.86
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $15.00 $10.50 – $111.86
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $15.00 $11.21 – $111.86

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