Creatinine 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

$214.16

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.

$214.16

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.

$2.30 with Wellpoint vs $175.61 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 $2.30 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $4.07 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $4.07 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.12 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPPO $5.12 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.12 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPOS $5.12 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRHMO $5.12 ↓ -98%
Healthspring DualEligible $5.12 ↓ -98%
Bright Health HIX $5.12 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $5.12 ↓ -98%
Alive Hospice MCR $5.12 ↓ -98%
Molina MCD $5.12 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.12 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $5.12 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $5.12 ↓ -98%
United MASNP $5.12 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.12 ↓ -98%
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.12 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.17 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $5.22 ↓ -98%
Zing MGMCR $5.27 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $5.32 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCR $5.32 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.38 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.38 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.38 ↓ -97%
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.38 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.38 ↓ -97%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.38 ↓ -97%
Ambetter CORE $5.53 ↓ -97%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.63 ↓ -97%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.89 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MGMCD $6.76 ↓ -97%
Wellcare CHIP $6.76 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $6.99 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.37 ↓ -97%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7.53 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $9.23 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP $10.49 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $15.36 ↓ -93%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $20.48 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoice $20.48 ↓ -90%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $20.48 ↓ -90%
Humana BroadNetwork $20.48 ↓ -90%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $40.69 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $47.33 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $62.75 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $96.37 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $107.08 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $139.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $167.04 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $175.61 ↓ -18%

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Creatinine at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $34.11 $1.84 – $20.32
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $9.18 $4.55 – $21.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $50.14 $4.45 – $10.24
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $13.12 $4.55 – $21.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.00 $2.31 – $11.16
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $27.32 $3.59 – $20.32
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $27.32 $3.59 – $20.32
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $34.11 $3.59 – $20.32

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