Ghs HIV antibody 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.

$6.17 with Wellpoint vs $54.84 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 $6.17
Aetna NewBusiness $10.90
Aetna COMM $10.90
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.71
Alive Hospice MCR $13.71
Wellcare MCR $13.71
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.71
Molina MCD $13.71
United AllPayerAppendix $13.71
United CorePayer $13.71
United HeritageSelect $13.71
United MASNP $13.71
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.71
Bright Health HIX $13.71
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.71
Healthspring DualEligible $13.71
Healthspring MCRHMO $13.71
Healthspring MCRPOS $13.71
Healthspring MCRPPO $13.71
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.85
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.85
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.85
United MGMCR $13.98
Zing MGMCR $14.12
Ambetter Select $14.26
BCBS MCR $14.26
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $14.40
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $14.40
Evergreen HMO MCR $14.40
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $14.40
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $14.40
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $14.40
Ambetter CORE $14.80
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.08
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.77
Wellcare MGMCD $18.10
Wellcare CHIP $18.10
BCBS NetworkP $18.70
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.74
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $20.15
Cigna NewBusiness $24.22
Cigna OAP $27.50
Oscar HIX $41.13
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $54.84
Humana HumanaChoice $54.84
Humana BroadNetwork $54.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $54.84

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Ghs HIV antibody at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $84.83 $4.94 – $53.04
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $19.24 $12.18 – $45.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $40.94 $11.93 – $27.42
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $27.50 $12.18 – $45.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $24.00 $6.86 – $29.89
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $90.14 $9.62 – $53.04
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $90.14 $9.62 – $53.04
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $90.14 $9.62 – $59.95

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