Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level 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

$247.88

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.

$247.88

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.

$6.89 with Wellpoint vs $203.26 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 $6.89 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $12.17 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $12.17 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $15.30 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRPPO $15.30 ↓ -94%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $15.30 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRPOS $15.30 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRHMO $15.30 ↓ -94%
Healthspring DualEligible $15.30 ↓ -94%
Bright Health HIX $15.30 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $15.30 ↓ -94%
Alive Hospice MCR $15.30 ↓ -94%
Molina MCD $15.30 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.30 ↓ -94%
United CorePayer $15.30 ↓ -94%
United HeritageSelect $15.30 ↓ -94%
United MASNP $15.30 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCR $15.30 ↓ -94%
Bright Health SmallGroup $15.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $15.45 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $15.45 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $15.45 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $15.61 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $15.62 ↓ -94%
Zing MGMCR $15.76 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCR $15.91 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Select $15.91 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $16.07 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $16.07 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $16.07 ↓ -94%
Evergreen HMO MCR $16.07 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $16.07 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $16.07 ↓ -94%
Ambetter CORE $16.53 ↓ -93%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $16.83 ↓ -93%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $17.59 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MGMCD $20.20 ↓ -92%
Wellcare CHIP $20.20 ↓ -92%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $22.03 ↓ -91%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $22.49 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $27.10 ↓ -89%
Cigna OAP $30.78 ↓ -88%
Oscar HIX $45.90 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $47.10 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $54.78 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $61.20 ↓ -75%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $61.20 ↓ -75%
Humana HumanaChoice $61.20 ↓ -75%
Humana BroadNetwork $61.20 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $72.63 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $111.55 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $123.94 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $161.12 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $193.35 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $203.26 ↓ -18%

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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $82.74 $5.51 – $48.55
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $21.32 $10.17 – $50.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $46.46 $13.31 – $30.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $30.46 $10.17 – $50.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.95 $7.65 – $33.35
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $82.74 $8.03 – $48.55
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $82.74 $8.03 – $48.55
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $82.74 $8.03 – $48.55

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