Procalcitonin 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

$263.75

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.

$263.75

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.

$12.25 with Wellpoint vs $216.28 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 $12.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $21.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $21.65 ↓ -92%
BCBS NetworkP $23.73 ↓ -91%
Healthspring MCRPPO $27.22 ↓ -90%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
Healthspring MCRPOS $27.22 ↓ -90%
Healthspring MCRHMO $27.22 ↓ -90%
Healthspring DualEligible $27.22 ↓ -90%
Bright Health HIX $27.22 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
Alive Hospice MCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
Molina MCD $27.22 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $27.22 ↓ -90%
United CorePayer $27.22 ↓ -90%
United HeritageSelect $27.22 ↓ -90%
United MASNP $27.22 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCR $27.22 ↓ -90%
Bright Health SmallGroup $27.22 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $27.49 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $27.49 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $27.49 ↓ -90%
United MGMCR $27.76 ↓ -89%
Zing MGMCR $28.04 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCR $28.31 ↓ -89%
Ambetter Select $28.31 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $28.58 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $28.58 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $28.58 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $28.58 ↓ -89%
Evergreen HMO MCR $28.58 ↓ -89%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $28.58 ↓ -89%
Ambetter CORE $29.40 ↓ -89%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $29.94 ↓ -89%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $31.30 ↓ -88%
Wellcare CHIP $35.93 ↓ -86%
Wellcare MGMCD $35.93 ↓ -86%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $39.20 ↓ -85%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $40.01 ↓ -85%
Cigna NewBusiness $48.46 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $50.11 ↓ -81%
Cigna OAP $55.03 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $58.29 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $77.28 ↓ -71%
Oscar HIX $81.66 ↓ -69%
Humana BroadNetwork $108.88 ↓ -59%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $108.88 ↓ -59%
Humana HumanaChoice $108.88 ↓ -59%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $108.88 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $118.69 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $131.88 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $171.44 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $205.72 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $216.28 ↓ -18%

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Procalcitonin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $91.44 $9.80 – $103.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $48.25 $23.79 – $114.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $117.99 $22.56 – $54.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $68.95 $23.79 – $114.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $30.45 $13.61 – $59.34
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $91.44 $18.78 – $103.84

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