Gamma glutamyltransferase 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

$154.68

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.

$154.68

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.

$3.24 with Wellpoint vs $126.84 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 $3.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $5.72 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $5.72 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $7.20 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $7.20 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $7.20 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $7.20 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $7.20 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $7.20 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $7.20 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $7.20 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $7.20 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $7.20 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.20 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $7.20 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $7.20 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $7.20 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $7.20 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $7.20 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $7.27 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $7.27 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $7.27 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $7.34 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $7.42 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $7.49 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $7.49 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.56 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.56 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.56 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.56 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.56 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.56 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $7.77 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.92 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $8.28 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MGMCD $9.50 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $9.50 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $9.82 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $10.37 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $10.58 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $12.70 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $14.42 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $21.60 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $28.80 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $28.80 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $28.80 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $28.80 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $29.39 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $34.18 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $45.32 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $69.61 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $77.34 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $100.54 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $120.65 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $126.84 ↓ -18%

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Gamma glutamyltransferase at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $92.03 $2.59 – $28.22
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $19.24 $6.35 – $45.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $39.79 $6.26 – $14.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $27.50 $6.35 – $45.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $12.60 $2.31 – $15.70
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $92.03 $5.05 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $92.03 $5.05 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $92.03 $5.05 – $28.22

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