Culture quantitative aerobic other 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

$501.82

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.

$501.82

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.

$4.45 with Wellpoint vs $411.49 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 $4.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.87 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $7.87 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPPO $9.89 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPOS $9.89 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRHMO $9.89 ↓ -98%
Healthspring DualEligible $9.89 ↓ -98%
Bright Health HIX $9.89 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
Alive Hospice MCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
Molina MCD $9.89 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $9.89 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $9.89 ↓ -98%
United MASNP $9.89 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -98%
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.89 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.99 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $10.09 ↓ -98%
Zing MGMCR $10.19 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $10.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCR $10.29 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.38 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.38 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.38 ↓ -98%
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.38 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.38 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.38 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CORE $10.68 ↓ -98%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.88 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.37 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $12.88 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MGMCD $13.05 ↓ -97%
Wellcare CHIP $13.05 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.24 ↓ -97%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $14.54 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $17.87 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP $20.29 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $29.67 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $39.56 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoice $39.56 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $39.56 ↓ -92%
Humana BroadNetwork $39.56 ↓ -92%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $95.35 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $110.90 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $147.03 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $225.82 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $250.91 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $326.18 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $391.42 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $411.49 ↓ -18%

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Culture quantitative aerobic other source at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $10.49 $3.56 – $36.12
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $14.80 $5.93 – $35.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $21.15 $5.93 – $35.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $16.50 $4.95 – $21.56
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $10.49 $5.30 – $36.12
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $10.49 $5.30 – $36.12
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $10.49 $6.61 – $36.12
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $10.49 $5.30 – $36.12

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