#hypersens-actinomyces ab 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

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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.

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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.

$4.58 with Wellpoint vs $40.72 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 $4.58
Aetna NewBusiness $8.10
Aetna COMM $8.10
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $10.18
Alive Hospice MCR $10.18
Wellcare MCR $10.18
Devoted Health Plan MCR $10.18
Molina MCD $10.18
United AllPayerAppendix $10.18
United CorePayer $10.18
United HeritageSelect $10.18
United MASNP $10.18
Amerigroup MGMCR $10.18
Bright Health HIX $10.18
Bright Health SmallGroup $10.18
Healthspring DualEligible $10.18
Healthspring MCRHMO $10.18
Healthspring MCRPOS $10.18
Healthspring MCRPPO $10.18
Aetna MGMCRPPO $10.28
Aetna MGMCRHMO $10.28
Aetna MGMCRSNP $10.28
United MGMCR $10.38
Zing MGMCR $10.49
Ambetter Select $10.59
BCBS MCR $10.59
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.69
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.69
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.69
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.69
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.69
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.69
Ambetter CORE $11.00
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $11.20
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.71
Wellcare MGMCD $13.44
Wellcare CHIP $13.44
BCBS NetworkP $13.89
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.66
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $14.96
Cigna NewBusiness $17.87
Cigna OAP $20.29
Oscar HIX $30.54
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $40.72
Humana HumanaChoice $40.72
Humana BroadNetwork $40.72
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $40.72

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#hypersens-actinomyces ab at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $16.58 $9.04 – $39.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $23.69 $9.04 – $39.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.55 $5.09 – $22.19
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $11.27 $7.21 – $22.38
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $11.55 $4.58 – $22.19
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $11.55 $5.09 – $24.43
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $11.55 $5.09 – $22.19
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $11.55 $5.09 – $24.43

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →