#creutz-prot.,western blot 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.

$13.14 with Wellpoint vs $87.63 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 $13.14
Aetna NewBusiness $23.22
Aetna COMM $23.22
BCBS NetworkP $24.55
Alive Hospice MCR $29.21
Wellcare MCR $29.21
Devoted Health Plan MCR $29.21
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $29.21
Molina MCD $29.21
United AllPayerAppendix $29.21
United CorePayer $29.21
United HeritageSelect $29.21
United MASNP $29.21
Amerigroup MGMCR $29.21
Bright Health HIX $29.21
Bright Health SmallGroup $29.21
Healthspring DualEligible $29.21
Healthspring MCRHMO $29.21
Healthspring MCRPOS $29.21
Healthspring MCRPPO $29.21
Aetna MGMCRSNP $29.50
Aetna MGMCRPPO $29.50
Aetna MGMCRHMO $29.50
United MGMCR $29.79
Zing MGMCR $30.09
Ambetter Select $30.38
BCBS MCR $30.38
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $30.67
Evergreen HMO MCR $30.67
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $30.67
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $30.67
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $30.67
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $30.67
Ambetter CORE $31.54
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $32.13
Bright Health MCRNarrow $33.59
Wellcare MGMCD $38.56
Wellcare CHIP $38.56
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $42.06
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $42.94
Cigna NewBusiness $51.90
Cigna OAP $58.94
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $69.88
Humana HumanaChoice $69.88
Humana BroadNetwork $69.88
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $69.88
Oscar HIX $87.63

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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $96.96 $10.52 – $91.42
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $314.95 $15.99 – $171.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $450.08 $15.99 – $171.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $31.65 $14.61 – $63.68
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $96.96 $12.62 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $96.96 $12.62 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $96.96 $12.62 – $91.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $96.96 $22.59 – $91.42

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →