Lithium 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

$349.00

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.

$349.00

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.

$2.97 with Wellpoint vs $286.18 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 $2.97 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $5.26 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $5.26 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.61 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPPO $6.61 ↓ -98%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.61 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRPOS $6.61 ↓ -98%
Healthspring MCRHMO $6.61 ↓ -98%
Healthspring DualEligible $6.61 ↓ -98%
Bright Health HIX $6.61 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MCR $6.61 ↓ -98%
Alive Hospice MCR $6.61 ↓ -98%
Molina MCD $6.61 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.61 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $6.61 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $6.61 ↓ -98%
United MASNP $6.61 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.61 ↓ -98%
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.68 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $6.74 ↓ -98%
Zing MGMCR $6.81 ↓ -98%
Ambetter Select $6.87 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCR $6.87 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.94 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.94 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.94 ↓ -98%
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.94 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.94 ↓ -98%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.94 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CORE $7.14 ↓ -98%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.27 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.60 ↓ -98%
Wellcare MGMCD $8.73 ↓ -97%
Wellcare CHIP $8.73 ↓ -97%
BCBS NetworkP $9.02 ↓ -97%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.52 ↓ -97%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $9.72 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $11.54 ↓ -97%
Cigna OAP $13.11 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $19.83 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $26.44 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoice $26.44 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $26.44 ↓ -92%
Humana BroadNetwork $26.44 ↓ -92%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $66.31 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $77.13 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $102.26 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $157.05 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $174.50 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $226.85 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $272.22 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $286.18 ↓ -18%

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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $50.33 $2.38 – $25.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $59.20 $5.87 – $140.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $28.52 $5.75 – $13.22
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $84.60 $5.87 – $140.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.70 $3.31 – $14.41
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $50.33 $4.63 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $50.33 $4.63 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $50.33 $4.63 – $25.96

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