Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative 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.

$3.69 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 $3.69 ↓ -92%
BCBS NetworkP $4.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $6.52 ↓ -85%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.52 ↓ -85%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.20 ↓ -81%
Healthspring MCRPPO $8.20 ↓ -81%
Healthspring MCRPOS $8.20 ↓ -81%
Healthspring MCRHMO $8.20 ↓ -81%
Healthspring DualEligible $8.20 ↓ -81%
Bright Health HIX $8.20 ↓ -81%
Wellcare MCR $8.20 ↓ -81%
Alive Hospice MCR $8.20 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.20 ↓ -81%
Molina MCD $8.20 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.20 ↓ -81%
United CorePayer $8.20 ↓ -81%
United HeritageSelect $8.20 ↓ -81%
United MASNP $8.20 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.20 ↓ -81%
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.20 ↓ -81%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.28 ↓ -81%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.28 ↓ -81%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.28 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $8.29 ↓ -81%
United MGMCR $8.36 ↓ -81%
Zing MGMCR $8.45 ↓ -81%
BCBS MCR $8.53 ↓ -80%
Ambetter Select $8.53 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.61 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.61 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.61 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.61 ↓ -80%
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.61 ↓ -80%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.61 ↓ -80%
Ambetter CORE $8.85 ↓ -80%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $9.02 ↓ -79%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.43 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $9.64 ↓ -78%
Wellcare MGMCD $10.82 ↓ -75%
Wellcare CHIP $10.82 ↓ -75%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.81 ↓ -73%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $12.05 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $12.78 ↓ -71%
Cigna NewBusiness $14.43 ↓ -67%
Cigna OAP $16.38 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $19.63 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $21.82 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $24.60 ↓ -44%
City of Springfield COMM $28.36 ↓ -35%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.80 ↓ -25%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.80 ↓ -25%
Humana HumanaChoice $32.80 ↓ -25%
Humana BroadNetwork $32.80 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $34.03 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $35.78 ↓ -18%

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Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $72.72 $2.95 – $28.22
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $11.84 $6.52 – $28.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $67.62 $4.76 – $16.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $16.92 $6.52 – $28.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $12.30 $4.10 – $17.88
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $72.72 $4.76 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $72.72 $4.76 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $72.72 $5.14 – $28.22

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