Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$150.71

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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$150.71

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.

$3.81 with Wellpoint vs $123.58 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 $3.81 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.73 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $6.73 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.46 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRPPO $8.46 ↓ -94%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.46 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRPOS $8.46 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRHMO $8.46 ↓ -94%
Healthspring DualEligible $8.46 ↓ -94%
Bright Health HIX $8.46 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $8.46 ↓ -94%
Alive Hospice MCR $8.46 ↓ -94%
Molina MCD $8.46 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.46 ↓ -94%
United CorePayer $8.46 ↓ -94%
United HeritageSelect $8.46 ↓ -94%
United MASNP $8.46 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.46 ↓ -94%
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.46 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.54 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $8.63 ↓ -94%
Zing MGMCR $8.71 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Select $8.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCR $8.80 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $8.88 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $8.88 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $8.88 ↓ -94%
Evergreen HMO MCR $8.88 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $8.88 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $8.88 ↓ -94%
Ambetter CORE $9.13 ↓ -94%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $9.31 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $9.41 ↓ -94%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $9.73 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MGMCD $11.17 ↓ -93%
Wellcare CHIP $11.17 ↓ -93%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $12.18 ↓ -92%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $12.44 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $15.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna OAP $17.04 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $25.38 ↓ -83%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $28.63 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $33.31 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $33.84 ↓ -78%
Humana BroadNetwork $33.84 ↓ -78%
Humana HumanaChoice $33.84 ↓ -78%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $33.84 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $44.16 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $67.82 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $75.36 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $97.96 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $117.55 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $123.58 ↓ -18%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $75.09 $3.05 – $32.75
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $105.38 $7.51 – $249.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $116.15 $7.36 – $16.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $150.59 $7.51 – $249.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $14.40 $4.23 – $18.44
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $75.09 $5.93 – $32.75
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $75.09 $5.93 – $32.75
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $75.09 $5.93 – $32.75

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