Cystine urine quantitative 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.

$10.34 with Wellpoint vs $91.92 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 $10.34
Aetna NewBusiness $18.27
Aetna COMM $18.27
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $22.98
Alive Hospice MCR $22.98
Wellcare MCR $22.98
Devoted Health Plan MCR $22.98
Molina MCD $22.98
United AllPayerAppendix $22.98
United CorePayer $22.98
United HeritageSelect $22.98
United MASNP $22.98
Amerigroup MGMCR $22.98
Bright Health HIX $22.98
Bright Health SmallGroup $22.98
Healthspring DualEligible $22.98
Healthspring MCRHMO $22.98
Healthspring MCRPOS $22.98
Healthspring MCRPPO $22.98
BCBS NetworkP $23.01
Aetna MGMCRHMO $23.21
Aetna MGMCRSNP $23.21
Aetna MGMCRPPO $23.21
United MGMCR $23.44
Zing MGMCR $23.67
Ambetter Select $23.90
BCBS MCR $23.90
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $24.13
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $24.13
Evergreen HMO MCR $24.13
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $24.13
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $24.13
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $24.13
Ambetter CORE $24.82
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $25.28
Bright Health MCRNarrow $26.43
Wellcare CHIP $30.33
Wellcare MGMCD $30.33
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $33.09
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $33.78
Cigna NewBusiness $40.95
Cigna OAP $46.51
Oscar HIX $68.94
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $91.92
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $91.92
Humana BroadNetwork $91.92
Humana HumanaChoice $91.92

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Cystine urine quantitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $58.61 $14.98 – $138.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $19.32 $19.99 – $45.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $83.76 $14.98 – $138.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $29.55 $11.49 – $50.10
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $29.21 $11.95 – $50.52
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $29.55 $8.60 – $50.10
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $29.55 $11.49 – $55.15
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $29.55 $11.49 – $50.10

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →