Glucagon plasma - sendout 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.

$6.43 with Wellpoint vs $57.16 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 $6.43
Aetna NewBusiness $11.36
Aetna COMM $11.36
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.29
Alive Hospice MCR $14.29
Wellcare MCR $14.29
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.29
Molina MCD $14.29
United AllPayerAppendix $14.29
United CorePayer $14.29
United HeritageSelect $14.29
United MASNP $14.29
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.29
Bright Health HIX $14.29
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.29
Healthspring DualEligible $14.29
Healthspring MCRHMO $14.29
Healthspring MCRPOS $14.29
Healthspring MCRPPO $14.29
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.43
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.43
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.43
United MGMCR $14.58
Zing MGMCR $14.72
Ambetter Select $14.86
BCBS MCR $14.86
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.00
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.00
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.00
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.00
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.00
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.00
Ambetter CORE $15.44
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.72
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.43
Wellcare MGMCD $18.86
Wellcare CHIP $18.86
BCBS NetworkP $19.49
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.58
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.01
Cigna NewBusiness $25.37
Cigna OAP $28.81
Oscar HIX $42.87
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $57.16
Humana HumanaChoice $57.16
Humana BroadNetwork $57.16
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $57.16

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Glucagon plasma - sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $95.67 $5.14 – $55.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $18.65 $12.69 – $44.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $26.65 $12.69 – $44.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $25.05 $7.15 – $31.15
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $95.67 $10.02 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $95.67 $10.02 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $95.67 $10.02 – $55.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $95.67 $12.86 – $55.30

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →