Cryptococcus abs qn - 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

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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.

$6.48 with Wellpoint vs $57.64 with Humana — 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 $6.48
Aetna NewBusiness $11.46
Aetna COMM $11.46
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.41
Alive Hospice MCR $14.41
Wellcare MCR $14.41
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.41
Molina MCD $14.41
United AllPayerAppendix $14.41
United CorePayer $14.41
United HeritageSelect $14.41
United MASNP $14.41
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.41
Bright Health HIX $14.41
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.41
Healthspring DualEligible $14.41
Healthspring MCRHMO $14.41
Healthspring MCRPOS $14.41
Healthspring MCRPPO $14.41
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.55
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.55
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.55
United MGMCR $14.70
Zing MGMCR $14.84
Ambetter Select $14.99
BCBS MCR $14.99
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.13
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.13
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.13
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.13
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.13
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.13
Ambetter CORE $15.56
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.85
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.57
Wellcare MGMCD $19.02
Wellcare CHIP $19.02
BCBS NetworkP $19.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.75
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.18
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95
Cigna OAP $29.47
Oscar HIX $43.23
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $57.64
Humana HumanaChoice $57.64
Humana BroadNetwork $57.64
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $57.64

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Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $237.50 $5.19 – $55.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $66.31 $12.80 – $156.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $94.76 $12.80 – $156.80
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $237.50 $10.11 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $237.50 $10.11 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $237.50 $10.11 – $57.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $237.50 $12.97 – $55.30
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $25.35 $6.48 – $31.41

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →