Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$131.76

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.

$131.76

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.

$6.57 with Wellpoint vs $108.04 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 $6.57 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $11.62 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $11.62 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.61 ↓ -89%
Healthspring MCRPPO $14.61 ↓ -89%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.61 ↓ -89%
Healthspring MCRPOS $14.61 ↓ -89%
Healthspring MCRHMO $14.61 ↓ -89%
Healthspring DualEligible $14.61 ↓ -89%
Bright Health HIX $14.61 ↓ -89%
Wellcare MCR $14.61 ↓ -89%
Alive Hospice MCR $14.61 ↓ -89%
Molina MCD $14.61 ↓ -89%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.61 ↓ -89%
United CorePayer $14.61 ↓ -89%
United HeritageSelect $14.61 ↓ -89%
United MASNP $14.61 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.61 ↓ -89%
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.61 ↓ -89%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.76 ↓ -89%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.76 ↓ -89%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.76 ↓ -89%
United MGMCR $14.90 ↓ -89%
BCBS NetworkP $14.93 ↓ -89%
Zing MGMCR $15.05 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCR $15.19 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Select $15.19 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.34 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.34 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.34 ↓ -88%
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.34 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.34 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.34 ↓ -88%
Ambetter CORE $15.78 ↓ -88%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.07 ↓ -88%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.80 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MGMCD $19.29 ↓ -85%
Wellcare CHIP $19.29 ↓ -85%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21.04 ↓ -84%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.48 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $25.03 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $29.12 ↓ -78%
Cigna OAP $29.47 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $38.61 ↓ -71%
Oscar HIX $43.83 ↓ -67%
Humana BroadNetwork $58.44 ↓ -56%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $58.44 ↓ -56%
Humana HumanaChoice $58.44 ↓ -56%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $58.44 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $59.29 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $65.88 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $85.64 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $102.77 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $108.04 ↓ -18%

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $76.37 $9.72 – $180.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $109.14 $9.72 – $180.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.20 $7.31 – $31.85
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $19.20 $5.58 – $31.85
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $19.20 $7.31 – $35.06
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $19.20 $7.31 – $31.85
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $19.20 $7.31 – $35.06
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $19.20 $7.31 – $35.06

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