Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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.

$16.77 with Wellpoint vs $391.89 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 $16.77
Aetna NewBusiness $29.63
Aetna COMM $29.63
Devoted Health Plan MCR $37.27
Healthspring MCRPPO $37.27
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $37.27
Healthspring MCRPOS $37.27
Healthspring MCRHMO $37.27
Healthspring DualEligible $37.27
Bright Health HIX $37.27
Wellcare MCR $37.27
Alive Hospice MCR $37.27
Molina MCD $37.27
United AllPayerAppendix $37.27
United CorePayer $37.27
United HeritageSelect $37.27
United MASNP $37.27
Amerigroup MGMCR $37.27
Bright Health SmallGroup $37.27
Aetna MGMCRPPO $37.64
Aetna MGMCRSNP $37.64
Aetna MGMCRHMO $37.64
United MGMCR $38.02
Zing MGMCR $38.39
Ambetter Select $38.76
BCBS MCR $38.76
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $39.13
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $39.13
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $39.13
Evergreen HMO MCR $39.13
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $39.13
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $39.13
Ambetter CORE $40.25
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $41.00
Bright Health MCRNarrow $42.86
BCBS NetworkP $47.87
Wellcare MGMCD $49.20
Wellcare CHIP $49.20
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $53.67
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $54.79
Cigna NewBusiness $66.33
Cigna OAP $75.33
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $90.80
United OptionsPPO $105.62
Oscar HIX $111.81
Cigna PPO $140.03
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $149.08
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $149.08
Humana HumanaChoice $149.08
Humana BroadNetwork $149.08
United GlobalBenefitPlan $215.06
Aetna NAP $238.96
City of Springfield COMM $310.65
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $372.78
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $391.89

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $197.91 $13.42 – $135.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $86.44 $31.18 – $204.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $100.74 $32.42 – $74.54
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $123.52 $31.18 – $204.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $61.50 $18.64 – $81.25
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $197.91 $24.61 – $135.44
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $197.91 $24.61 – $135.44
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $197.91 $24.61 – $135.44

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