Immunodiffusion nes 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.

$6.32 with Wellpoint vs $56.20 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 $6.32
Aetna NewBusiness $11.17
Aetna COMM $11.17
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.05
Alive Hospice MCR $14.05
Wellcare MCR $14.05
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.05
Molina MCD $14.05
United AllPayerAppendix $14.05
United CorePayer $14.05
United HeritageSelect $14.05
United MASNP $14.05
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.05
Bright Health HIX $14.05
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.05
Healthspring DualEligible $14.05
Healthspring MCRHMO $14.05
Healthspring MCRPOS $14.05
Healthspring MCRPPO $14.05
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.19
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.19
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.19
United MGMCR $14.33
Zing MGMCR $14.47
Ambetter Select $14.61
BCBS MCR $14.61
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $14.75
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $14.75
Evergreen HMO MCR $14.75
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $14.75
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $14.75
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $14.75
Ambetter CORE $15.18
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.46
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.16
BCBS NetworkP $17.14
Wellcare MGMCD $18.55
Wellcare CHIP $18.55
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.23
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $20.65
Cigna NewBusiness $24.80
Cigna OAP $28.16
Oscar HIX $42.15
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $56.20
Humana HumanaChoice $56.20
Humana BroadNetwork $56.20
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $56.20

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Immunodiffusion nes at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $22.80 $7.03 – $30.63
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $22.31 $9.95 – $31.04
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $22.80 $6.32 – $30.63
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $22.80 $7.03 – $33.72
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $22.80 $7.03 – $30.63
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $22.80 $7.03 – $33.72
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $22.80 $7.03 – $33.72
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $22.80 $7.03 – $30.63

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →