H pylori (c-13) breath 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

$858.65

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.

$858.65

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.

$30.31 with Wellpoint vs $704.09 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 $30.31 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $53.55 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $53.55 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $67.36 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRPPO $67.36 ↓ -92%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $67.36 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRPOS $67.36 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRHMO $67.36 ↓ -92%
Healthspring DualEligible $67.36 ↓ -92%
Bright Health HIX $67.36 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MCR $67.36 ↓ -92%
Alive Hospice MCR $67.36 ↓ -92%
Molina MCD $67.36 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $67.36 ↓ -92%
United CorePayer $67.36 ↓ -92%
United HeritageSelect $67.36 ↓ -92%
United MASNP $67.36 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCR $67.36 ↓ -92%
Bright Health SmallGroup $67.36 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $68.03 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $68.03 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $68.03 ↓ -92%
United MGMCR $68.71 ↓ -92%
Zing MGMCR $69.38 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Select $70.05 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCR $70.05 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $70.73 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $70.73 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $70.73 ↓ -92%
Evergreen HMO MCR $70.73 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $70.73 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $70.73 ↓ -92%
Ambetter CORE $72.75 ↓ -92%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $74.10 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $77.46 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MGMCD $88.92 ↓ -90%
Wellcare CHIP $88.92 ↓ -90%
BCBS NetworkP $91.89 ↓ -89%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $97.00 ↓ -89%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $99.02 ↓ -88%
Cigna NewBusiness $119.96 ↓ -86%
Cigna OAP $136.23 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $163.14 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $189.76 ↓ -78%
Oscar HIX $202.08 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $251.58 ↓ -71%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $269.44 ↓ -69%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $269.44 ↓ -69%
Humana HumanaChoice $269.44 ↓ -69%
Humana BroadNetwork $269.44 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $386.39 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $429.32 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $558.12 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $669.75 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $704.09 ↓ -18%

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H pylori (c-13) breath at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $212.25 $24.25 – $260.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $56.84 $59.83 – $161.73
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $41.86 $58.60 – $134.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $81.22 $40.32 – $161.73
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $117.90 $33.68 – $146.84
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $212.25 $47.22 – $260.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $212.25 $47.22 – $260.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $212.25 $47.22 – $260.76

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