Hla i low res one antigen equiv ea 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

$285.56

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.

$285.56

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.

$33.45 with Wellpoint vs $297.32 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 $33.45 ↓ -88%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $54.26 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $59.10 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $59.10 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $63.11 ↓ -78%
Alive Hospice MCR $74.33 ↓ -74%
Wellcare MCR $74.33 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $74.33 ↓ -74%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $74.33 ↓ -74%
Molina MCD $74.33 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $74.33 ↓ -74%
United CorePayer $74.33 ↓ -74%
United HeritageSelect $74.33 ↓ -74%
United MASNP $74.33 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup MGMCR $74.33 ↓ -74%
Bright Health HIX $74.33 ↓ -74%
Bright Health SmallGroup $74.33 ↓ -74%
Healthspring DualEligible $74.33 ↓ -74%
Healthspring MCRHMO $74.33 ↓ -74%
Healthspring MCRPOS $74.33 ↓ -74%
Healthspring MCRPPO $74.33 ↓ -74%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $75.07 ↓ -74%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $75.07 ↓ -74%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $75.07 ↓ -74%
United MGMCR $75.82 ↓ -73%
Zing MGMCR $76.56 ↓ -73%
Ambetter Select $77.30 ↓ -73%
BCBS MCR $77.30 ↓ -73%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $78.05 ↓ -73%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $78.05 ↓ -73%
Evergreen HMO MCR $78.05 ↓ -73%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $78.05 ↓ -73%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $78.05 ↓ -73%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $78.05 ↓ -73%
Ambetter CORE $80.27 ↓ -72%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $81.76 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $83.67 ↓ -71%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $85.48 ↓ -70%
Wellcare MGMCD $98.12 ↓ -66%
Wellcare CHIP $98.12 ↓ -66%
BCBS NetworkP $99.25 ↓ -65%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $107.04 ↓ -63%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $109.27 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $128.50 ↓ -55%
Cigna NewBusiness $132.65 ↓ -54%
Aetna NAP $142.78 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP $150.65 ↓ -47%
City of Springfield COMM $185.61 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $222.74 ↓ -22%
Oscar HIX $222.99 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $234.16 ↓ -18%
Humana BroadNetwork $297.32 ↑ +4%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $297.32 ↑ +4%
Humana HumanaChoice $297.32 ↑ +4%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $297.32 ↑ +4%

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Hla i low res one antigen equiv ea at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $62.61 $26.76 – $281.04
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $113.37 $64.62 – $268.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $162.01 $64.62 – $268.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $152.10 $37.17 – $162.04
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $62.61 $49.13 – $281.04
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $62.61 $49.13 – $281.04
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $62.61 $49.13 – $281.04
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $62.61 $66.90 – $281.04

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