Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance 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

$207.36

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.

$207.36

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.

$31.10 with Bright Health vs $230.31 with Oscar — 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
Bright Health HIX $31.10 ↓ -85%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $39.40 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $40.02 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $41.47 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $43.55 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $45.83 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $49.77 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $58.06 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $60.76 ↓ -71%
Alive Hospice MCR $76.77 ↓ -63%
Wellcare MCR $76.77 ↓ -63%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $76.77 ↓ -63%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $76.77 ↓ -63%
Molina MCD $76.77 ↓ -63%
United AllPayerAppendix $76.77 ↓ -63%
United CorePayer $76.77 ↓ -63%
United HeritageSelect $76.77 ↓ -63%
United MASNP $76.77 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup MGMCR $76.77 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint MGMCD $76.77 ↓ -63%
BCBS NetworkP $76.77 ↓ -63%
Healthspring DualEligible $76.77 ↓ -63%
Healthspring MCRHMO $76.77 ↓ -63%
Healthspring MCRPOS $76.77 ↓ -63%
Healthspring MCRPPO $76.77 ↓ -63%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $77.54 ↓ -63%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $77.54 ↓ -63%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $77.54 ↓ -63%
United MGMCR $78.31 ↓ -62%
Zing MGMCR $79.07 ↓ -62%
BCBS MCR $79.84 ↓ -61%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $80.61 ↓ -61%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $80.61 ↓ -61%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $80.61 ↓ -61%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $80.61 ↓ -61%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $80.61 ↓ -61%
Evergreen HMO MCR $80.61 ↓ -61%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $84.45 ↓ -59%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $88.29 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $93.31 ↓ -55%
Wellcare CHIP $101.34 ↓ -51%
Wellcare MGMCD $101.34 ↓ -51%
Aetna NAP $103.68 ↓ -50%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $110.55 ↓ -47%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $112.85 ↓ -46%
City of Springfield COMM $134.78 ↓ -35%
Cigna NewBusiness $136.69 ↓ -34%
Cigna OAP $155.24 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $161.74 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $170.04 ↓ -18%
Oscar HIX $230.31 ↑ +11%

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CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $93.24 $63.00 – $220.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $52.90 $66.79 – $153.54
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $133.25 $66.15 – $220.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $34.80 $38.39 – $167.36
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $34.27 $38.39 – $72.35
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $34.80 $27.64 – $167.36
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $34.80 $38.39 – $184.25
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $34.80 $38.39 – $167.36

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