Drug of abuse screen urine 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.

$5.67 with Wellpoint vs $50.40 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 $5.67
Aetna NewBusiness $10.02
Aetna COMM $10.02
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $12.60
Alive Hospice MCR $12.60
Wellcare MCR $12.60
Devoted Health Plan MCR $12.60
Molina MCD $12.60
United AllPayerAppendix $12.60
United CorePayer $12.60
United HeritageSelect $12.60
United MASNP $12.60
Amerigroup MGMCR $12.60
Bright Health HIX $12.60
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.60
Healthspring DualEligible $12.60
Healthspring MCRHMO $12.60
Healthspring MCRPOS $12.60
Healthspring MCRPPO $12.60
Aetna MGMCRPPO $12.73
Aetna MGMCRHMO $12.73
Aetna MGMCRSNP $12.73
United MGMCR $12.85
Zing MGMCR $12.98
Ambetter Select $13.10
BCBS MCR $13.10
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.23
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.23
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.23
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.23
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.23
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.23
Ambetter CORE $13.61
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $13.86
Bright Health MCRNarrow $14.49
BCBS NetworkP $14.96
Wellcare MGMCD $16.63
Wellcare CHIP $16.63
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.14
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $18.52
Cigna NewBusiness $22.49
Cigna OAP $25.54
Oscar HIX $37.80
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $50.40
Humana HumanaChoice $50.40
Humana BroadNetwork $50.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $50.40

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Drug of abuse screen urine at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.32 $9.77 – $50.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $12.88 $10.96 – $25.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $30.46 $9.77 – $50.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.20 $6.30 – $27.47
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $18.86 $7.48 – $27.43
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $19.20 $5.39 – $27.47
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $19.20 $6.30 – $30.24
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $19.20 $6.30 – $27.47

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