Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

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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.

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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.

$7.23 with Wellpoint vs $206.53 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 $7.23
Aetna COMM $12.77
Aetna NewBusiness $12.77
BCBS NetworkP $15.62
Healthspring MCRPPO $16.07
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.07
Healthspring MCRPOS $16.07
Healthspring MCRHMO $16.07
Healthspring DualEligible $16.07
Bright Health HIX $16.07
Wellcare MCR $16.07
Alive Hospice MCR $16.07
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.07
Molina MCD $16.07
United AllPayerAppendix $16.07
United CorePayer $16.07
United HeritageSelect $16.07
United MASNP $16.07
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.07
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.07
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.23
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.23
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.23
United MGMCR $16.39
Zing MGMCR $16.55
BCBS MCR $16.71
Ambetter Select $16.71
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $16.87
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $16.87
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $16.87
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $16.87
Evergreen HMO MCR $16.87
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $16.87
Ambetter CORE $17.35
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $17.68
Bright Health MCRNarrow $18.48
Wellcare MGMCD $21.21
Wellcare CHIP $21.21
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.14
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $23.62
Cigna NewBusiness $28.84
Cigna OAP $32.75
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $47.85
Oscar HIX $48.21
United OptionsPPO $55.66
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $64.28
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $64.28
Humana HumanaChoice $64.28
Humana BroadNetwork $64.28
Cigna PPO $73.79
United GlobalBenefitPlan $113.34
Aetna NAP $125.93
City of Springfield COMM $163.71
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $196.45
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $206.53

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $111.30 $5.79 – $50.81
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $40.85 $10.65 – $96.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $13.11 $13.98 – $32.14
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $58.38 $10.65 – $96.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20.10 $8.04 – $35.03
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $111.30 $8.42 – $50.81
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $111.30 $8.42 – $50.81
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $111.30 $8.42 – $50.81

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