Cystatin c 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

$144.76

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.

$144.76

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.

$8.33 with Wellpoint vs $118.70 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 $8.33 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $13.21 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $14.72 ↓ -90%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.72 ↓ -90%
Healthspring MCRPPO $18.52 ↓ -87%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $18.52 ↓ -87%
Healthspring MCRPOS $18.52 ↓ -87%
Healthspring MCRHMO $18.52 ↓ -87%
Healthspring DualEligible $18.52 ↓ -87%
Bright Health HIX $18.52 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MCR $18.52 ↓ -87%
Alive Hospice MCR $18.52 ↓ -87%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $18.52 ↓ -87%
Molina MCD $18.52 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.52 ↓ -87%
United CorePayer $18.52 ↓ -87%
United HeritageSelect $18.52 ↓ -87%
United MASNP $18.52 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -87%
Bright Health SmallGroup $18.52 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $18.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $18.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $18.71 ↓ -87%
United MGMCR $18.89 ↓ -87%
Zing MGMCR $19.08 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCR $19.26 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Select $19.26 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $19.45 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $19.45 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $19.45 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $19.45 ↓ -87%
Evergreen HMO MCR $19.45 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $19.45 ↓ -87%
Ambetter CORE $20.00 ↓ -86%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $20.37 ↓ -86%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $21.30 ↓ -85%
Wellcare MGMCD $24.45 ↓ -83%
Wellcare CHIP $24.45 ↓ -83%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $26.67 ↓ -82%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $27.22 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $27.50 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $31.99 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $32.87 ↓ -77%
Cigna OAP $37.34 ↓ -74%
Cigna PPO $42.41 ↓ -71%
Oscar HIX $55.56 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $65.14 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $72.38 ↓ -50%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $74.08 ↓ -49%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $74.08 ↓ -49%
Humana HumanaChoice $74.08 ↓ -49%
Humana BroadNetwork $74.08 ↓ -49%
City of Springfield COMM $94.09 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $112.91 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $118.70 ↓ -18%

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Cystatin c at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $175.49 $6.67 – $57.56
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $46.18 $12.08 – $109.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $69.46 $10.98 – $37.04
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $65.99 $12.08 – $109.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20.85 $9.26 – $40.37
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $175.49 $9.53 – $57.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $175.49 $9.53 – $57.56
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $175.49 $9.53 – $57.56

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