Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptosporidium 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

$1,551.77

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.

$1,551.77

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.

$6.22 with Wellpoint vs $1,272.45 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 $6.22 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.99 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $10.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.82 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $13.82 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.82 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPOS $13.82 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMO $13.82 ↓ -99%
Healthspring DualEligible $13.82 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $13.82 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $13.82 ↓ -99%
Alive Hospice MCR $13.82 ↓ -99%
Molina MCD $13.82 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.82 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $13.82 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $13.82 ↓ -99%
United MASNP $13.82 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.82 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.82 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.96 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $14.10 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $14.23 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $14.37 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $14.37 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $14.51 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $14.51 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $14.51 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $14.51 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $14.51 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $14.51 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $14.92 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.20 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $15.62 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.89 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MGMCD $18.24 ↓ -99%
Wellcare CHIP $18.24 ↓ -99%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.90 ↓ -99%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $20.32 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $24.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $28.16 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $41.46 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $55.28 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $55.28 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $55.28 ↓ -96%
Humana BroadNetwork $55.28 ↓ -96%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $294.84 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $342.94 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $454.67 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $698.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $775.88 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,008.65 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,210.38 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,272.45 ↓ -18%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptosporidium at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $91.10 $4.98 – $46.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $116.04 $10.65 – $274.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $165.82 $10.65 – $274.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20.10 $6.91 – $30.13
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $91.10 $8.42 – $46.28
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $91.10 $8.42 – $46.28
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $91.10 $8.42 – $46.28
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $91.10 $12.44 – $46.28

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