Mycobacteria dna amp probe 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.

$21.71 with Wellpoint vs $192.96 with Humana — 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 $21.71
Aetna NewBusiness $38.35
Aetna COMM $38.35
BCBS NetworkP $47.87
Alive Hospice MCR $48.24
Wellcare MCR $48.24
Devoted Health Plan MCR $48.24
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $48.24
Molina MCD $48.24
United AllPayerAppendix $48.24
United CorePayer $48.24
United HeritageSelect $48.24
United MASNP $48.24
Amerigroup MGMCR $48.24
Bright Health HIX $48.24
Bright Health SmallGroup $48.24
Healthspring DualEligible $48.24
Healthspring MCRHMO $48.24
Healthspring MCRPOS $48.24
Healthspring MCRPPO $48.24
Aetna MGMCRSNP $48.72
Aetna MGMCRPPO $48.72
Aetna MGMCRHMO $48.72
United MGMCR $49.20
Zing MGMCR $49.69
Ambetter Select $50.17
BCBS MCR $50.17
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $50.65
Evergreen HMO MCR $50.65
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $50.65
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $50.65
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $50.65
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $50.65
Ambetter CORE $52.10
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $53.06
Bright Health MCRNarrow $55.48
Wellcare MGMCD $63.68
Wellcare CHIP $63.68
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $69.47
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $70.91
Cigna NewBusiness $85.93
Cigna OAP $97.59
Oscar HIX $144.72
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $192.96
Humana HumanaChoice $192.96
Humana BroadNetwork $192.96
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $192.96

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Mycobacteria dna amp probe at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $160.97 $17.37 – $151.24
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $102.12 $24.67 – $241.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $37.49 $41.97 – $96.48
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $145.94 $24.67 – $241.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $161.00 $24.61 – $151.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $161.00 $24.61 – $151.24
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $161.00 $24.61 – $151.24
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $160.97 $43.42 – $151.24

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