Glucose body fluid 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.

$1.77 with Wellpoint vs $263.43 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 $1.77
Aetna NewBusiness $3.13
Aetna COMM $3.13
Devoted Health Plan MCR $3.93
Healthspring MCRPPO $3.93
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $3.93
Healthspring MCRPOS $3.93
Healthspring MCRHMO $3.93
Healthspring DualEligible $3.93
Bright Health HIX $3.93
Wellcare MCR $3.93
Alive Hospice MCR $3.93
Molina MCD $3.93
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93
United CorePayer $3.93
United HeritageSelect $3.93
United MASNP $3.93
Amerigroup MGMCR $3.93
Bright Health SmallGroup $3.93
Aetna MGMCRPPO $3.97
Aetna MGMCRSNP $3.97
Aetna MGMCRHMO $3.97
United MGMCR $4.01
Zing MGMCR $4.05
Ambetter Select $4.09
BCBS MCR $4.09
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.13
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.13
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.13
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.13
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.13
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.13
Ambetter CORE $4.25
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.32
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.52
Wellcare MGMCD $5.19
Wellcare CHIP $5.19
BCBS NetworkP $5.36
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $5.66
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $5.78
Cigna NewBusiness $6.93
Cigna OAP $7.86
Oscar HIX $11.79
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $15.72
Humana HumanaChoice $15.72
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $15.72
Humana BroadNetwork $15.72
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $61.04
United OptionsPPO $71.00
Cigna PPO $94.13
United GlobalBenefitPlan $144.57
Aetna NAP $160.63
City of Springfield COMM $208.82
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $250.58
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $263.43

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Glucose body fluid at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $50.82 $1.41 – $14.69
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $59.80 $3.49 – $141.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $9.66 $3.42 – $7.86
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $85.45 $3.49 – $141.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $6.90 $1.97 – $8.57
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $50.82 $2.75 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $50.82 $2.75 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $50.82 $2.75 – $14.69

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