Levetiracetam therapeutic drug level 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

$91.23

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.

$91.23

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.

$5.96 with Wellpoint vs $74.81 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 $5.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.54 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $10.54 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.25 ↓ -85%
Healthspring MCRPPO $13.25 ↓ -85%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.25 ↓ -85%
Healthspring MCRPOS $13.25 ↓ -85%
Healthspring MCRHMO $13.25 ↓ -85%
Healthspring DualEligible $13.25 ↓ -85%
Bright Health HIX $13.25 ↓ -85%
Wellcare MCR $13.25 ↓ -85%
Alive Hospice MCR $13.25 ↓ -85%
Molina MCD $13.25 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.25 ↓ -85%
United CorePayer $13.25 ↓ -85%
United HeritageSelect $13.25 ↓ -85%
United MASNP $13.25 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.25 ↓ -85%
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.25 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.38 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.38 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.38 ↓ -85%
United MGMCR $13.52 ↓ -85%
Zing MGMCR $13.65 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Select $13.78 ↓ -85%
BCBS MCR $13.78 ↓ -85%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.91 ↓ -85%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.91 ↓ -85%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.91 ↓ -85%
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.91 ↓ -85%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.91 ↓ -85%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.91 ↓ -85%
Ambetter CORE $14.31 ↓ -84%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.58 ↓ -84%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.24 ↓ -83%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $17.33 ↓ -81%
Wellcare CHIP $17.49 ↓ -81%
Wellcare MGMCD $17.49 ↓ -81%
BCBS NetworkP $18.09 ↓ -80%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.08 ↓ -79%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $19.48 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $20.16 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $23.64 ↓ -74%
Cigna PPO $26.73 ↓ -71%
Cigna OAP $26.85 ↓ -71%
Oscar HIX $39.75 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $41.05 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $45.62 ↓ -50%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $53.00 ↓ -42%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $53.00 ↓ -42%
Humana HumanaChoice $53.00 ↓ -42%
Humana BroadNetwork $53.00 ↓ -42%
City of Springfield COMM $59.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $71.16 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $74.81 ↓ -18%

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Levetiracetam therapeutic drug level at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $148.74 $4.77 – $50.81
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.32 $11.77 – $50.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $119.83 $11.53 – $26.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $30.46 $11.77 – $50.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $23.10 $6.63 – $28.89
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $148.74 $8.96 – $50.81
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $148.74 $8.96 – $50.81
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $148.74 $8.96 – $50.81

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