Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated 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

$177.12

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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$177.12

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.

$5.45 with Wellpoint vs $145.24 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 $5.45 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $9.62 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $9.62 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $12.11 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRPPO $12.11 ↓ -93%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $12.11 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRPOS $12.11 ↓ -93%
Healthspring MCRHMO $12.11 ↓ -93%
Healthspring DualEligible $12.11 ↓ -93%
Bright Health HIX $12.11 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MCR $12.11 ↓ -93%
Alive Hospice MCR $12.11 ↓ -93%
Molina MCD $12.11 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.11 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $12.11 ↓ -93%
United HeritageSelect $12.11 ↓ -93%
United MASNP $12.11 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCR $12.11 ↓ -93%
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.11 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $12.23 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $12.23 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $12.23 ↓ -93%
United MGMCR $12.35 ↓ -93%
Zing MGMCR $12.47 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Select $12.59 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCR $12.59 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $12.72 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $12.72 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $12.72 ↓ -93%
Evergreen HMO MCR $12.72 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $12.72 ↓ -93%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $12.72 ↓ -93%
Ambetter CORE $13.08 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $13.25 ↓ -93%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $13.32 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $13.93 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MGMCD $15.99 ↓ -91%
Wellcare CHIP $15.99 ↓ -91%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $17.44 ↓ -90%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $17.80 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $21.33 ↓ -88%
Cigna OAP $24.23 ↓ -86%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $33.65 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $36.33 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $39.14 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $48.44 ↓ -73%
Humana BroadNetwork $48.44 ↓ -73%
Humana HumanaChoice $48.44 ↓ -73%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $48.44 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $51.90 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $79.70 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $88.56 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $115.13 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $138.15 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $145.24 ↓ -18%

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Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20.55 $4.55 – $26.40
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $20.55 $4.94 – $26.40
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $20.55 $4.62 – $29.06
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $20.55 $4.94 – $26.40
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $20.55 $4.49 – $29.06
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $7.35 $9.61 – $24.22
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $20.55 $4.34 – $29.06
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $6.80 $10.54 – $24.22

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