Culture mycoplasma any source 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.

$6.93 with Wellpoint vs $61.56 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 $6.93
Aetna NewBusiness $12.23
Aetna COMM $12.23
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $15.39
Alive Hospice MCR $15.39
Wellcare MCR $15.39
Devoted Health Plan MCR $15.39
Molina MCD $15.39
United AllPayerAppendix $15.39
United CorePayer $15.39
United HeritageSelect $15.39
United MASNP $15.39
Amerigroup MGMCR $15.39
Bright Health HIX $15.39
Bright Health SmallGroup $15.39
Healthspring DualEligible $15.39
Healthspring MCRHMO $15.39
Healthspring MCRPOS $15.39
Healthspring MCRPPO $15.39
Aetna MGMCRPPO $15.54
Aetna MGMCRHMO $15.54
Aetna MGMCRSNP $15.54
United MGMCR $15.70
Zing MGMCR $15.85
Ambetter Select $16.01
BCBS MCR $16.01
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $16.16
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $16.16
Evergreen HMO MCR $16.16
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $16.16
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $16.16
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $16.16
Ambetter CORE $16.62
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.93
Bright Health MCRNarrow $17.70
BCBS NetworkP $19.80
Wellcare MGMCD $20.31
Wellcare CHIP $20.31
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $22.16
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $22.62
Cigna NewBusiness $27.68
Cigna OAP $31.44
Oscar HIX $46.17
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $61.56
Humana HumanaChoice $61.56
Humana BroadNetwork $61.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $61.56

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Culture mycoplasma any source at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $122.48 $5.54 – $59.82
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $116.33 $13.67 – $275.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $166.24 $13.67 – $275.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.95 $7.70 – $33.55
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $122.48 $10.79 – $59.82
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $122.48 $10.79 – $59.82
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $122.48 $10.79 – $59.82
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $122.48 $13.85 – $59.82

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