Mayo lywb borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody igg confirmatory 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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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.

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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.

$6.97 with Wellpoint vs $170.74 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 $6.97
Aetna NewBusiness $12.32
Aetna COMM $12.32
Devoted Health Plan MCR $15.49
Healthspring MCRPPO $15.49
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $15.49
Healthspring MCRPOS $15.49
Healthspring MCRHMO $15.49
Healthspring DualEligible $15.49
Bright Health HIX $15.49
Wellcare MCR $15.49
Alive Hospice MCR $15.49
Molina MCD $15.49
United AllPayerAppendix $15.49
United CorePayer $15.49
United HeritageSelect $15.49
United MASNP $15.49
Amerigroup MGMCR $15.49
Bright Health SmallGroup $15.49
Aetna MGMCRHMO $15.64
Aetna MGMCRPPO $15.64
Aetna MGMCRSNP $15.64
United MGMCR $15.80
Zing MGMCR $15.95
BCBS MCR $16.11
Ambetter Select $16.11
BCBS NetworkP $16.15
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $16.26
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $16.26
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $16.26
Evergreen HMO MCR $16.26
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $16.26
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $16.26
Ambetter CORE $16.73
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $17.04
Bright Health MCRNarrow $17.81
Wellcare CHIP $20.45
Wellcare MGMCD $20.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $22.31
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $22.77
Cigna NewBusiness $27.68
Cigna OAP $31.44
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $39.56
United OptionsPPO $46.02
Oscar HIX $46.47
Cigna PPO $61.01
Humana BroadNetwork $61.96
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $61.96
Humana HumanaChoice $61.96
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $61.96
United GlobalBenefitPlan $93.70
Aetna NAP $104.11
City of Springfield COMM $135.34
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $162.41
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $170.74

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Mayo lywb borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody igg confirmatory at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $43.37 $5.58 – $59.82
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.32 $13.76 – $50.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $159.39 $13.48 – $30.98
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $30.46 $13.76 – $50.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $26.25 $7.75 – $33.77
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $43.37 $10.86 – $59.82
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $43.37 $10.86 – $59.82
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $43.37 $10.86 – $59.82

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