Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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

$347.04

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.

$347.04

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.

$3.68 with Wellpoint vs $284.57 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 $3.68 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $6.50 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.17 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPPO $8.17 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.17 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPOS $8.17 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRHMO $8.17 ↓ -98%
Healthspring DualEligible $8.17 ↓ -98%
Bright Health HIX $8.17 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $8.17 ↓ -98%
Alive Hospice MCR $8.17 ↓ -98%
Molina MCD $8.17 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.17 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $8.17 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $8.17 ↓ -98%
United MASNP $8.17 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.17 ↓ -98%
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.25 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $8.33 ↓ -98%
Zing MGMCR $8.42 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $8.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCR $8.50 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.58 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.58 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.58 ↓ -98%
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.58 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.58 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.58 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CORE $8.83 ↓ -97%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $8.99 ↓ -97%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.40 ↓ -97%
Wellcare MGMCD $10.78 ↓ -97%
Wellcare CHIP $10.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $11.15 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11.76 ↓ -97%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $12.01 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $14.43 ↓ -96%
Cigna OAP $16.38 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $24.51 ↓ -93%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $32.68 ↓ -91%
Humana HumanaChoice $32.68 ↓ -91%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $32.68 ↓ -91%
Humana BroadNetwork $32.68 ↓ -91%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $65.94 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $76.70 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $101.68 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $156.17 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $173.52 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $225.58 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $270.69 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $284.57 ↓ -18%

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $44.42 $2.94 – $31.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $17.47 $7.26 – $41.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $51.75 $7.11 – $16.34
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $24.96 $7.26 – $41.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $14.40 $4.09 – $17.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $44.42 $5.73 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $44.42 $5.73 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $44.42 $5.73 – $31.86

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