Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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.

$6.62 with Wellpoint vs $58.84 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 $6.62
Aetna NewBusiness $11.69
Aetna COMM $11.69
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.71
Alive Hospice MCR $14.71
Wellcare MCR $14.71
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.71
Molina MCD $14.71
United AllPayerAppendix $14.71
United CorePayer $14.71
United HeritageSelect $14.71
United MASNP $14.71
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.71
Bright Health HIX $14.71
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.71
Healthspring DualEligible $14.71
Healthspring MCRHMO $14.71
Healthspring MCRPOS $14.71
Healthspring MCRPPO $14.71
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.86
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.86
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.86
United MGMCR $15.00
Zing MGMCR $15.15
Ambetter Select $15.30
BCBS MCR $15.30
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.45
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.45
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.45
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.45
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.45
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.45
Ambetter CORE $15.88
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.18
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.92
Wellcare MGMCD $19.42
Wellcare CHIP $19.42
BCBS NetworkP $20.07
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21.18
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.62
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95
Cigna OAP $29.47
Oscar HIX $44.13
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $58.84
Humana HumanaChoice $58.84
Humana BroadNetwork $58.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $58.84

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Ghs urine, porphyrins quant at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $100.26 $5.30 – $56.45
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $27.83 $13.07 – $65.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $39.77 $13.07 – $65.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.80 $7.36 – $32.07
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $100.26 $10.32 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $100.26 $10.32 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $100.26 $10.32 – $56.45
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $100.26 $13.24 – $56.45

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →