Fructosamine glycated protein 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

$321.26

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.

$321.26

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.

$7.54 with Wellpoint vs $263.43 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 $7.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $13.32 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $13.32 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.76 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $16.76 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.76 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $16.76 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $16.76 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $16.76 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $16.76 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $16.76 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $16.76 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $16.76 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.76 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $16.76 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $16.76 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $16.76 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.76 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.76 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.93 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.93 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.93 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $17.10 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $17.26 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $17.43 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $17.43 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.60 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.60 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.60 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.60 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.60 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.60 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $18.10 ↓ -94%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.44 ↓ -94%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $19.27 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $20.56 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MGMCD $22.12 ↓ -93%
Wellcare CHIP $22.12 ↓ -93%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.13 ↓ -92%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $24.64 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $29.99 ↓ -91%
Cigna OAP $34.06 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $50.28 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $61.04 ↓ -81%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $67.04 ↓ -79%
Humana BroadNetwork $67.04 ↓ -79%
Humana HumanaChoice $67.04 ↓ -79%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $67.04 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $71.00 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $94.13 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $144.57 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $160.63 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $208.82 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $250.58 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $263.43 ↓ -18%

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Fructosamine glycated protein at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $81.00 $6.03 – $58.71
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $58.91 $13.39 – $139.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $84.18 $13.39 – $139.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $26.40 $8.38 – $36.54
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $81.00 $10.57 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $81.00 $10.57 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $81.00 $10.57 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $81.00 $15.08 – $58.71

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