Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus 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

$543.36

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.

$543.36

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.

$19.28 with Wellpoint vs $445.56 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 $19.28 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $34.06 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $34.06 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $42.84 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRPPO $42.84 ↓ -92%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $42.84 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRPOS $42.84 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRHMO $42.84 ↓ -92%
Healthspring DualEligible $42.84 ↓ -92%
Bright Health HIX $42.84 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MCR $42.84 ↓ -92%
Alive Hospice MCR $42.84 ↓ -92%
Molina MCD $42.84 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $42.84 ↓ -92%
United CorePayer $42.84 ↓ -92%
United HeritageSelect $42.84 ↓ -92%
United MASNP $42.84 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCR $42.84 ↓ -92%
Bright Health SmallGroup $42.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $43.27 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $43.27 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $43.27 ↓ -92%
United MGMCR $43.70 ↓ -92%
Zing MGMCR $44.13 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Select $44.55 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCR $44.55 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $44.98 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $44.98 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $44.98 ↓ -92%
Evergreen HMO MCR $44.98 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $44.98 ↓ -92%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $44.98 ↓ -92%
Ambetter CORE $46.27 ↓ -91%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $47.12 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $49.27 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MGMCD $56.55 ↓ -90%
Wellcare CHIP $56.55 ↓ -90%
BCBS NetworkP $58.44 ↓ -89%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $61.69 ↓ -89%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $62.97 ↓ -88%
Cigna NewBusiness $76.14 ↓ -86%
Cigna OAP $86.47 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $103.24 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $120.08 ↓ -78%
Oscar HIX $128.52 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $159.20 ↓ -71%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $171.36 ↓ -68%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $171.36 ↓ -68%
Humana HumanaChoice $171.36 ↓ -68%
Humana BroadNetwork $171.36 ↓ -68%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $244.51 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $271.68 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $353.18 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $423.82 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $445.56 ↓ -18%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $320.00 $15.42 – $165.93
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $79.63 $38.05 – $188.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $242.88 $37.27 – $85.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $113.79 $38.05 – $188.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $75.15 $21.42 – $93.39
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $320.00 $30.04 – $165.93
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $320.00 $30.04 – $165.93
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $320.00 $30.04 – $165.93

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