Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers 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

$515.59

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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$515.59

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.

$27.96 with Wellpoint vs $422.78 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 $27.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $49.41 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $49.41 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $62.14 ↓ -88%
Healthspring MCRPPO $62.14 ↓ -88%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $62.14 ↓ -88%
Healthspring MCRPOS $62.14 ↓ -88%
Healthspring MCRHMO $62.14 ↓ -88%
Healthspring DualEligible $62.14 ↓ -88%
Bright Health HIX $62.14 ↓ -88%
Wellcare MCR $62.14 ↓ -88%
Alive Hospice MCR $62.14 ↓ -88%
Molina MCD $62.14 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $62.14 ↓ -88%
United CorePayer $62.14 ↓ -88%
United HeritageSelect $62.14 ↓ -88%
United MASNP $62.14 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MGMCR $62.14 ↓ -88%
Bright Health SmallGroup $62.14 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $62.76 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $62.76 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $62.76 ↓ -88%
United MGMCR $63.38 ↓ -88%
Zing MGMCR $64.00 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Select $64.63 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCR $64.63 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $65.25 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $65.25 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $65.25 ↓ -87%
Evergreen HMO MCR $65.25 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $65.25 ↓ -87%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $65.25 ↓ -87%
Ambetter CORE $67.11 ↓ -87%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $68.35 ↓ -87%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $71.46 ↓ -86%
BCBS NetworkP $79.81 ↓ -85%
Wellcare MGMCD $82.02 ↓ -84%
Wellcare CHIP $82.02 ↓ -84%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $89.48 ↓ -83%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $91.35 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $97.96 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $110.74 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $113.95 ↓ -78%
Cigna OAP $125.77 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $151.07 ↓ -71%
Oscar HIX $186.42 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $232.02 ↓ -55%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $248.56 ↓ -52%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $248.56 ↓ -52%
Humana HumanaChoice $248.56 ↓ -52%
Humana BroadNetwork $248.56 ↓ -52%
Aetna NAP $257.80 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $335.13 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $402.16 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $422.78 ↓ -18%

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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $448.49 $22.37 – $162.48
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $103.60 $52.09 – $245.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $68.08 $54.06 – $124.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $148.05 $52.09 – $245.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $102.45 $31.07 – $135.47
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $495.35 $55.93 – $170.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $495.35 $55.93 – $170.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $495.36 $55.93 – $170.00

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