Glucagon tolerance panel 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.

$22.73 with Wellpoint vs $202.00 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 $22.73
Aetna NewBusiness $40.15
Aetna COMM $40.15
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $50.50
Alive Hospice MCR $50.50
Wellcare MCR $50.50
Devoted Health Plan MCR $50.50
Molina MCD $50.50
United AllPayerAppendix $50.50
United CorePayer $50.50
United HeritageSelect $50.50
United MASNP $50.50
Amerigroup MGMCR $50.50
Bright Health HIX $50.50
Bright Health SmallGroup $50.50
Healthspring DualEligible $50.50
Healthspring MCRHMO $50.50
Healthspring MCRPOS $50.50
Healthspring MCRPPO $50.50
Aetna MGMCRPPO $51.01
Aetna MGMCRHMO $51.01
Aetna MGMCRSNP $51.01
United MGMCR $51.51
Zing MGMCR $52.02
Ambetter Select $52.52
BCBS MCR $52.52
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $53.03
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $53.03
Evergreen HMO MCR $53.03
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $53.03
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $53.03
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $53.03
Ambetter CORE $54.54
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $55.55
Bright Health MCRNarrow $58.07
Wellcare MGMCD $66.66
Wellcare CHIP $66.66
BCBS NetworkP $68.89
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $72.72
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $74.23
Cigna NewBusiness $89.97
Cigna OAP $102.17
Oscar HIX $151.50
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $202.00
Humana HumanaChoice $202.00
Humana BroadNetwork $202.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $202.00

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Glucagon tolerance panel at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $18.18 – $195.26
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $35.40 – $195.26
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $35.40 – $195.26
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $35.40 – $195.26
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $45.45 – $195.26
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $45.45 – $195.26
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $22.73 – $151.50
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $22.73 – $151.50

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