Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$1,814.51

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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$1,814.51

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.

$38.30 with Wellpoint vs $1,487.90 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 $38.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $67.66 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $67.66 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $85.10 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $85.10 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $85.10 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $85.10 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $85.10 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $85.10 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $85.10 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $85.10 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $85.10 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $85.10 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $85.10 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $85.10 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $85.10 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $85.10 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $85.10 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $85.10 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $85.95 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $85.95 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $85.95 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $86.80 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $87.65 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $88.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $88.50 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $89.36 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $89.36 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $89.36 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $89.36 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $89.36 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $89.36 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $91.91 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $93.61 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $97.86 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MGMCD $112.33 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $112.33 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $116.09 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $122.54 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $125.10 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $151.68 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $172.26 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $255.30 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $340.40 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $340.40 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $340.40 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $340.40 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $344.76 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $401.01 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $531.65 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $816.53 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $907.25 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,179.43 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,415.32 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,487.90 ↓ -18%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $295.05 $30.64 – $329.59
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $143.86 $56.50 – $340.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $204.24 $74.04 – $170.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $205.58 $56.50 – $340.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $148.95 $42.55 – $185.52
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $295.05 $59.66 – $329.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $295.05 $59.66 – $329.59
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $295.05 $59.66 – $329.59

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