Mayo organic acid methylmalonic single quantitative 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

$251.86

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.

$251.86

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.

$9.54 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 $9.54 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $16.86 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.86 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $20.69 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRPPO $21.21 ↓ -92%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $21.21 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRPOS $21.21 ↓ -92%
Healthspring MCRHMO $21.21 ↓ -92%
Healthspring DualEligible $21.21 ↓ -92%
Bright Health HIX $21.21 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MCR $21.21 ↓ -92%
Alive Hospice MCR $21.21 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $21.21 ↓ -92%
Molina MCD $21.21 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.21 ↓ -92%
United CorePayer $21.21 ↓ -92%
United HeritageSelect $21.21 ↓ -92%
United MASNP $21.21 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCR $21.21 ↓ -92%
Bright Health SmallGroup $21.21 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $21.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $21.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $21.42 ↓ -91%
United MGMCR $21.63 ↓ -91%
Zing MGMCR $21.85 ↓ -91%
BCBS MCR $22.06 ↓ -91%
Ambetter Select $22.06 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $22.27 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $22.27 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $22.27 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $22.27 ↓ -91%
Evergreen HMO MCR $22.27 ↓ -91%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $22.27 ↓ -91%
Ambetter CORE $22.90 ↓ -91%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $23.33 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $24.39 ↓ -90%
Wellcare CHIP $28.00 ↓ -89%
Wellcare MGMCD $28.00 ↓ -89%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $30.54 ↓ -88%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $31.18 ↓ -88%
Cigna NewBusiness $38.07 ↓ -85%
Cigna OAP $43.23 ↓ -83%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $47.85 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $55.66 ↓ -78%
Oscar HIX $63.63 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $73.79 ↓ -71%
Humana BroadNetwork $84.84 ↓ -66%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $84.84 ↓ -66%
Humana HumanaChoice $84.84 ↓ -66%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $84.84 ↓ -66%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $113.34 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $125.93 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $163.71 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $196.45 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $206.53 ↓ -18%

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Mayo organic acid methylmalonic single quantitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $104.16 $7.64 – $66.61
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $30.20 $14.62 – $71.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $13.57 $17.04 – $42.42
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $43.15 $14.62 – $71.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $27.75 $10.61 – $46.24
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $104.13 $11.54 – $66.61
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $104.13 $11.54 – $66.61
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $104.13 $11.54 – $66.61

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