Hcg free betachain test 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.

$6.88 with Wellpoint vs $61.16 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 $6.88
Aetna NewBusiness $12.16
Aetna COMM $12.16
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $15.29
Alive Hospice MCR $15.29
Wellcare MCR $15.29
Devoted Health Plan MCR $15.29
Molina MCD $15.29
United AllPayerAppendix $15.29
United CorePayer $15.29
United HeritageSelect $15.29
United MASNP $15.29
Amerigroup MGMCR $15.29
Bright Health HIX $15.29
Bright Health SmallGroup $15.29
Healthspring DualEligible $15.29
Healthspring MCRHMO $15.29
Healthspring MCRPOS $15.29
Healthspring MCRPPO $15.29
Aetna MGMCRPPO $15.44
Aetna MGMCRHMO $15.44
Aetna MGMCRSNP $15.44
United MGMCR $15.60
Zing MGMCR $15.75
Ambetter Select $15.90
BCBS MCR $15.90
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $16.05
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $16.05
Evergreen HMO MCR $16.05
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $16.05
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $16.05
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $16.05
Ambetter CORE $16.52
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.82
Bright Health MCRNarrow $17.58
Wellcare MGMCD $20.18
Wellcare CHIP $20.18
BCBS NetworkP $20.54
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $22.02
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $22.48
Cigna NewBusiness $27.10
Cigna OAP $30.78
Oscar HIX $45.87
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $61.16
Humana HumanaChoice $61.16
Humana BroadNetwork $61.16
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $61.16

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Hcg free betachain test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $26.25 $6.88 – $33.33
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $26.25 $7.65 – $36.70
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $26.25 $7.65 – $36.70
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $26.25 $7.65 – $33.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $5.50 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $10.56 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $10.56 – $58.71
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $10.56 – $58.71

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