Dch glucoscan 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.

$2.27 with Wellpoint vs $20.16 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 $2.27
Aetna NewBusiness $4.01
Aetna COMM $4.01
BCBS NetworkP $4.32
Alive Hospice MCR $5.04
Wellcare MCR $5.04
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.04
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.04
Molina MCD $5.04
United AllPayerAppendix $5.04
United CorePayer $5.04
United HeritageSelect $5.04
United MASNP $5.04
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.04
Bright Health HIX $5.04
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.04
Healthspring DualEligible $5.04
Healthspring MCRHMO $5.04
Healthspring MCRPOS $5.04
Healthspring MCRPPO $5.04
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.09
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.09
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.09
United MGMCR $5.14
Zing MGMCR $5.19
Ambetter Select $5.24
BCBS MCR $5.24
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.29
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.29
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.29
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.29
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.29
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.29
Ambetter CORE $5.45
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.54
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.80
Wellcare MGMCD $6.65
Wellcare CHIP $6.65
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.26
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7.41
Cigna NewBusiness $9.23
Cigna OAP $10.49
Oscar HIX $15.12
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $20.16
Humana HumanaChoice $20.16
Humana BroadNetwork $20.16
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $20.16

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Dch glucoscan at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $5.92 $2.81 – $14.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $8.46 $2.81 – $14.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $5.70 $2.31 – $10.99
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $5.52 $2.24 – $10.83
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $5.70 $2.31 – $10.99
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $5.70 $2.31 – $12.10
Sycamore Shoals Hospital ELIZABETHTON $5.70 $2.31 – $10.99
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $1.81 – $15.80

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →