Creatinine 24 hour urine 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.

$2.33 with Wellpoint vs $245.18 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 $2.33
Aetna NewBusiness $4.12
Aetna COMM $4.12
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.18
Healthspring MCRPPO $5.18
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.18
Healthspring MCRPOS $5.18
Healthspring MCRHMO $5.18
Healthspring DualEligible $5.18
Bright Health HIX $5.18
Wellcare MCR $5.18
Alive Hospice MCR $5.18
Molina MCD $5.18
United AllPayerAppendix $5.18
United CorePayer $5.18
United HeritageSelect $5.18
United MASNP $5.18
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.18
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.18
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.23
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.23
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.23
United MGMCR $5.28
Zing MGMCR $5.34
Ambetter Select $5.39
BCBS MCR $5.39
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.44
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.44
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.44
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.44
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.44
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.44
Ambetter CORE $5.60
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.70
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.96
Wellcare MGMCD $6.84
Wellcare CHIP $6.84
BCBS NetworkP $7.06
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.46
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7.61
Cigna NewBusiness $9.23
Cigna OAP $10.49
Oscar HIX $15.54
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $20.72
Humana HumanaChoice $20.72
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $20.72
Humana BroadNetwork $20.72
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $56.81
United OptionsPPO $66.08
Cigna PPO $87.61
United GlobalBenefitPlan $134.55
Aetna NAP $149.50
City of Springfield COMM $194.35
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $233.22
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $245.18

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Creatinine 24 hour urine at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $40.10 $1.86 – $20.32
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $13.03 $4.59 – $30.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.03 $4.51 – $10.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $18.62 $4.59 – $30.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.15 $2.59 – $11.29
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $40.10 $3.63 – $20.32
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $40.10 $3.63 – $20.32
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $40.10 $3.63 – $20.32

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →