Creatine - 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

$839.43

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.

$839.43

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.

$2.09 with Wellpoint vs $688.33 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 $2.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.69 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $3.69 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.64 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $4.64 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.64 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPOS $4.64 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMO $4.64 ↓ -99%
Healthspring DualEligible $4.64 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $4.64 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $4.64 ↓ -99%
Alive Hospice MCR $4.64 ↓ -99%
Molina MCD $4.64 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $4.64 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $4.64 ↓ -99%
United MASNP $4.64 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.64 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.69 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.69 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.69 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.73 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $4.78 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $4.83 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $4.83 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.87 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.87 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.87 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.87 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.87 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.87 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $5.01 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.10 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.34 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MGMCD $6.12 ↓ -99%
Wellcare CHIP $6.12 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $6.32 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.68 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.82 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $8.08 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $9.18 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $13.92 ↓ -98%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $18.56 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoice $18.56 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $18.56 ↓ -98%
Humana BroadNetwork $18.56 ↓ -98%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $159.49 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $185.51 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $245.95 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $377.74 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $419.71 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $545.63 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $654.76 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $688.33 ↓ -18%

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Creatine - sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $26.64 $4.12 – $63.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $116.38 $4.04 – $9.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $38.07 $4.12 – $63.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $8.10 $2.32 – $10.12
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $8.05 $3.28 – $10.10
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $8.10 $2.09 – $10.12
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $8.10 $2.32 – $11.14
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $8.10 $2.32 – $10.12

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