Mayo muscle-specific kinase (musk) antibody 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.

$8.28 with Wellpoint vs $55.20 with Oscar — 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 $8.28
Healthspring DualEligible $18.40
Wellcare MCR $18.40
Devoted Health Plan MCR $18.40
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $18.40
Alive Hospice MCR $18.40
Healthspring MCRPOS $18.40
BCBS NetworkP $18.40
Amerigroup MGMCR $18.40
Healthspring MCRPPO $18.40
Molina MCD $18.40
United AllPayerAppendix $18.40
Healthspring MCRHMO $18.40
United CorePayer $18.40
United HeritageSelect $18.40
United MASNP $18.40
Aetna MGMCRPPO $18.58
Aetna MGMCRSNP $18.58
Aetna MGMCRHMO $18.58
United MGMCR $18.77
Zing MGMCR $18.95
Ambetter Select $19.14
BCBS MCR $19.14
Evergreen HMO MCR $19.32
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $19.32
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $19.32
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $19.32
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $19.32
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $19.32
Ambetter CORE $19.87
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $20.24
Bright Health MCRNarrow $21.16
Wellcare CHIP $24.29
Wellcare MGMCD $24.29
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $26.50
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $27.05
Cigna NewBusiness $32.87
Cigna OAP $37.34
Oscar HIX $55.20

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Mayo muscle-specific kinase (musk) antibody at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $22.20 $15.00 – $52.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $13.11 $14.95 – $36.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $31.73 $15.75 – $52.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $23.70 $9.20 – $40.11
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $23.46 $9.20 – $40.42
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $23.70 $6.62 – $40.11
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $23.70 $9.20 – $44.16
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $23.70 $9.20 – $40.11

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →