Drug test def 1-7 classes 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

$610.77

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.

$610.77

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.

$51.49 with Wellpoint vs $500.83 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 $51.49 ↓ -92%
BCBS NetworkP $79.94 ↓ -87%
Aetna NewBusiness $90.97 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMM $90.97 ↓ -85%
Alive Hospice MCR $114.43 ↓ -81%
Wellcare MCR $114.43 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $114.43 ↓ -81%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $114.43 ↓ -81%
Molina MCD $114.43 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $114.43 ↓ -81%
United CorePayer $114.43 ↓ -81%
United HeritageSelect $114.43 ↓ -81%
United MASNP $114.43 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCR $114.43 ↓ -81%
Bright Health HIX $114.43 ↓ -81%
Bright Health SmallGroup $114.43 ↓ -81%
Healthspring DualEligible $114.43 ↓ -81%
Healthspring MCRHMO $114.43 ↓ -81%
Healthspring MCRPOS $114.43 ↓ -81%
Healthspring MCRPPO $114.43 ↓ -81%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $115.57 ↓ -81%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $115.57 ↓ -81%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $115.57 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $116.05 ↓ -81%
United MGMCR $116.72 ↓ -81%
Zing MGMCR $117.86 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $117.88 ↓ -81%
BCBS MCR $119.01 ↓ -81%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $120.15 ↓ -80%
Evergreen HMO MCR $120.15 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $120.15 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $120.15 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $120.15 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $120.15 ↓ -80%
Ambetter Select $122.15 ↓ -80%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $125.87 ↓ -79%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $131.59 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $134.98 ↓ -78%
Wellcare CHIP $151.05 ↓ -75%
Wellcare MGMCD $151.05 ↓ -75%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $164.78 ↓ -73%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $168.21 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $178.96 ↓ -71%
Cigna NewBusiness $204.17 ↓ -67%
Cigna OAP $231.88 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $274.85 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $305.38 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $343.29 ↓ -44%
City of Springfield COMM $397.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $476.40 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $500.83 ↓ -18%

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Drug test def 1-7 classes at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $416.19 $69.65 – $358.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $159.25 $55.96 – $358.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $73.83 $69.65 – $228.86
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $227.58 $55.96 – $358.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $102.60 $57.22 – $249.46
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $416.19 $39.97 – $358.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $416.19 $39.97 – $358.96
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $416.19 $39.97 – $358.96

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