Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets 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.

$98.13 with Wellpoint vs $872.24 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 $98.13
Aetna NewBusiness $173.36
Aetna COMM $173.36
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $218.06
Alive Hospice MCR $218.06
Wellcare MCR $218.06
Devoted Health Plan MCR $218.06
Molina MCD $218.06
United AllPayerAppendix $218.06
United CorePayer $218.06
United HeritageSelect $218.06
United MASNP $218.06
Amerigroup MGMCR $218.06
Bright Health HIX $218.06
Bright Health SmallGroup $218.06
BCBS NetworkP $218.06
Healthspring DualEligible $218.06
Healthspring MCRHMO $218.06
Healthspring MCRPOS $218.06
Healthspring MCRPPO $218.06
Aetna MGMCRSNP $220.24
Aetna MGMCRPPO $220.24
Aetna MGMCRHMO $220.24
United MGMCR $222.42
Zing MGMCR $224.60
Ambetter Select $226.78
BCBS MCR $226.78
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $228.96
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $228.96
Evergreen HMO MCR $228.96
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $228.96
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $228.96
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $228.96
Ambetter CORE $235.51
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $239.87
Bright Health MCRNarrow $250.77
Wellcare MGMCD $287.84
Wellcare CHIP $287.84
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $314.01
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $320.55
Cigna NewBusiness $388.73
Cigna OAP $441.47
Oscar HIX $654.18
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $872.24
Humana HumanaChoice $872.24
Humana BroadNetwork $872.24
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $872.24

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $169.05 $177.16 – $436.12
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $294.30 $109.03 – $475.37
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $289.11 $109.03 – $480.71
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $294.30 $78.50 – $475.37
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $294.30 $109.03 – $523.34
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $294.30 $109.03 – $475.37
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $294.30 $109.03 – $523.34
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $154.35 $177.16 – $436.12

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