Hemoglobin 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

$43.63

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.

$43.63

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.

$1.07 with Wellpoint vs $35.78 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 $1.07 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $1.89 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $1.89 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $2.37 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $2.37 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $2.37 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $2.37 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $2.37 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $2.37 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $2.37 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $2.37 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $2.37 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $2.37 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.37 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $2.37 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $2.37 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $2.37 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $2.37 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $2.37 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $2.39 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $2.39 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $2.39 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $2.42 ↓ -94%
Zing MGMCR $2.44 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Select $2.46 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCR $2.46 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $2.49 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $2.49 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $2.49 ↓ -94%
Evergreen HMO MCR $2.49 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $2.49 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $2.49 ↓ -94%
Ambetter CORE $2.56 ↓ -94%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $2.61 ↓ -94%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $2.73 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MGMCD $3.13 ↓ -93%
Wellcare CHIP $3.13 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $3.23 ↓ -93%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3.41 ↓ -92%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $3.48 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $4.04 ↓ -91%
Cigna OAP $4.59 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $7.11 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $8.29 ↓ -81%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $9.48 ↓ -78%
Humana BroadNetwork $9.48 ↓ -78%
Humana HumanaChoice $9.48 ↓ -78%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $9.48 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $9.64 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $12.78 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $19.63 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $21.82 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $28.36 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $34.03 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $35.78 ↓ -18%

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Hemoglobin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $37.20 $0.85 – $9.01
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $35.52 $2.11 – $84.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $22.31 $2.06 – $4.74
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $50.76 $2.11 – $84.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $4.05 $1.19 – $6.24
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $37.20 $1.66 – $9.01
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $37.20 $1.66 – $9.01
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $37.20 $1.66 – $9.01

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