Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$557.25

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.

$557.25

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.

$15.24 with Wellpoint vs $456.94 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 $15.24 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $26.92 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $26.92 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $33.86 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRPPO $33.86 ↓ -94%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $33.86 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRPOS $33.86 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRHMO $33.86 ↓ -94%
Healthspring DualEligible $33.86 ↓ -94%
Bright Health HIX $33.86 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $33.86 ↓ -94%
Alive Hospice MCR $33.86 ↓ -94%
Molina MCD $33.86 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.86 ↓ -94%
United CorePayer $33.86 ↓ -94%
United HeritageSelect $33.86 ↓ -94%
United MASNP $33.86 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCR $33.86 ↓ -94%
Bright Health SmallGroup $33.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $34.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $34.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $34.20 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $34.54 ↓ -94%
Zing MGMCR $34.88 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Select $35.21 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCR $35.21 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $35.55 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $35.55 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $35.55 ↓ -94%
Evergreen HMO MCR $35.55 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $35.55 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $35.55 ↓ -94%
Ambetter CORE $36.57 ↓ -93%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $37.25 ↓ -93%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $38.94 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MGMCD $44.70 ↓ -92%
Wellcare CHIP $44.70 ↓ -92%
BCBS NetworkP $46.20 ↓ -92%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $48.76 ↓ -91%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $49.77 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $60.56 ↓ -89%
Cigna OAP $68.77 ↓ -88%
Oscar HIX $101.58 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $105.88 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $123.15 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $135.44 ↓ -76%
Humana BroadNetwork $135.44 ↓ -76%
Humana HumanaChoice $135.44 ↓ -76%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $135.44 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $163.27 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $250.76 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $278.63 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $362.21 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $434.65 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $456.94 ↓ -18%

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $28.53 $12.19 – $130.95
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $39.96 $30.08 – $94.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $57.11 $28.35 – $94.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.75 $16.93 – $73.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $28.53 $23.75 – $130.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $28.53 $23.75 – $130.95
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $28.53 $23.75 – $130.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $28.53 $30.47 – $130.95

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