Infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation sars-cov-2 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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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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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.

$18.62 with Wellpoint vs $165.52 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 $18.62
Wellcare MCR $41.38
Devoted Health Plan MCR $41.38
Alive Hospice MCR $41.38
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $41.38
Molina MCD $41.38
United MASNP $41.38
Amerigroup MGMCR $41.38
Bright Health HIX $41.38
Bright Health SmallGroup $41.38
BCBS NetworkP $41.38
Healthspring DualEligible $41.38
Healthspring MCRHMO $41.38
Healthspring MCRPOS $41.38
Healthspring MCRPPO $41.38
United CorePayer $41.52
United HeritageSelect $41.52
United AllPayerAppendix $41.52
Aetna MGMCRPPO $41.79
Aetna MGMCRHMO $41.79
Aetna MGMCRSNP $41.79
United MGMCR $42.21
Zing MGMCR $42.62
Ambetter Select $43.04
BCBS MCR $43.04
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $43.45
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $43.45
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $43.45
Evergreen HMO MCR $43.45
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $43.45
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $43.45
Aetna COMM $43.86
Aetna NewBusiness $43.86
Ambetter CORE $44.69
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $45.52
Bright Health MCRNarrow $47.59
Wellcare CHIP $54.62
Wellcare MGMCD $54.62
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $59.59
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $60.83
Cigna NewBusiness $73.83
Cigna OAP $83.85
Oscar HIX $124.14
Humana BroadNetwork $165.52
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $165.52
Humana HumanaChoice $165.52
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $165.52

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation sars-cov-2 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $34.04 $33.62 – $82.76
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $12.15 $10.33 – $90.21
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $11.73 $11.55 – $51.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $12.15 $11.21 – $90.21
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $12.15 $10.50 – $90.21
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $12.15 $11.21 – $90.21
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $12.15 $10.20 – $90.21
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $31.08 $33.62 – $82.76

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