Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis 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

$543.16

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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$543.16

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.

$18.76 with Wellpoint vs $445.39 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 $18.76 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $33.14 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $33.14 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $41.68 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRPPO $41.68 ↓ -92%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $41.68 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRPOS $41.68 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRHMO $41.68 ↓ -92%
Healthspring DualEligible $41.68 ↓ -92%
Bright Health HIX $41.68 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MCR $41.68 ↓ -92%
Alive Hospice MCR $41.68 ↓ -92%
Molina MCD $41.68 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $41.68 ↓ -92%
United CorePayer $41.68 ↓ -92%
United HeritageSelect $41.68 ↓ -92%
United MASNP $41.68 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCR $41.68 ↓ -92%
Bright Health SmallGroup $41.68 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $42.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $42.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $42.10 ↓ -92%
United MGMCR $42.51 ↓ -92%
Zing MGMCR $42.93 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Select $43.35 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCR $43.35 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $43.76 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $43.76 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $43.76 ↓ -92%
Evergreen HMO MCR $43.76 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $43.76 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $43.76 ↓ -92%
Ambetter CORE $45.02 ↓ -92%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $45.85 ↓ -92%
BCBS NetworkP $47.87 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $47.93 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MGMCD $55.02 ↓ -90%
Wellcare CHIP $55.02 ↓ -90%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $60.02 ↓ -89%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $61.27 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $74.41 ↓ -86%
Cigna OAP $84.50 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $103.20 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $120.04 ↓ -78%
Oscar HIX $125.04 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO $159.15 ↓ -71%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $166.72 ↓ -69%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $166.72 ↓ -69%
Humana HumanaChoice $166.72 ↓ -69%
Humana BroadNetwork $166.72 ↓ -69%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $244.42 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $271.58 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $353.05 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $423.66 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $445.39 ↓ -18%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $160.97 $15.00 – $135.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $152.44 $31.18 – $360.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $217.85 $31.18 – $360.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $61.50 $20.84 – $90.86
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $161.00 $24.61 – $135.44
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $161.00 $24.61 – $135.44
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $161.00 $24.61 – $135.44
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $160.97 $37.51 – $135.44

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