Dna probe gc 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.

$12.10 with Wellpoint vs $107.52 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 $12.10
Aetna NewBusiness $21.37
Aetna COMM $21.37
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $26.88
Alive Hospice MCR $26.88
Wellcare MCR $26.88
Devoted Health Plan MCR $26.88
Molina MCD $26.88
United AllPayerAppendix $26.88
United CorePayer $26.88
United HeritageSelect $26.88
United MASNP $26.88
Amerigroup MGMCR $26.88
Bright Health HIX $26.88
Bright Health SmallGroup $26.88
Healthspring DualEligible $26.88
Healthspring MCRHMO $26.88
Healthspring MCRPOS $26.88
Healthspring MCRPPO $26.88
Aetna MGMCRHMO $27.15
Aetna MGMCRSNP $27.15
Aetna MGMCRPPO $27.15
BCBS NetworkP $27.36
United MGMCR $27.42
Zing MGMCR $27.69
Ambetter Select $27.96
BCBS MCR $27.96
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $28.22
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $28.22
Evergreen HMO MCR $28.22
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $28.22
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $28.22
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $28.22
Ambetter CORE $29.03
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $29.57
Bright Health MCRNarrow $30.91
Wellcare CHIP $35.48
Wellcare MGMCD $35.48
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $38.71
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $39.51
Cigna NewBusiness $47.88
Cigna OAP $54.38
Oscar HIX $80.64
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $107.52
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $107.52
Humana BroadNetwork $107.52
Humana HumanaChoice $107.52

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Dna probe gc at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $34.50 $11.55 – $59.19
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $35.10 $10.22 – $58.60
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $35.10 $10.50 – $64.51
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $35.10 $10.20 – $64.51
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $35.10 $11.55 – $58.60
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $522.60 $12.10 – $80.64
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna $487.51 $12.10 – $80.64
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $9.68 – $84.67

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →