Protein total body fluid 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.

$1.80 with Wellpoint vs $270.60 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 $1.80
Aetna NewBusiness $3.18
Aetna COMM $3.18
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.00
Healthspring MCRPPO $4.00
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.00
Healthspring MCRPOS $4.00
Healthspring MCRHMO $4.00
Healthspring DualEligible $4.00
Bright Health HIX $4.00
Wellcare MCR $4.00
Alive Hospice MCR $4.00
Molina MCD $4.00
United AllPayerAppendix $4.00
United CorePayer $4.00
United HeritageSelect $4.00
United MASNP $4.00
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.00
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.00
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.04
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.04
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.04
United MGMCR $4.08
Zing MGMCR $4.12
Ambetter Select $4.16
BCBS MCR $4.16
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.20
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.20
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.20
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.20
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.20
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.20
Ambetter CORE $4.32
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.40
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.60
BCBS NetworkP $5.00
Wellcare MGMCD $5.28
Wellcare CHIP $5.28
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $5.76
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $5.88
Cigna NewBusiness $6.93
Cigna OAP $7.86
Oscar HIX $12.00
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $16.00
Humana HumanaChoice $16.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $16.00
Humana BroadNetwork $16.00
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $62.70
United OptionsPPO $72.93
Cigna PPO $96.69
United GlobalBenefitPlan $148.50
Aetna NAP $165.00
City of Springfield COMM $214.50
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $257.40
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $270.60

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Protein total body fluid at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $54.47 $1.44 – $14.69
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $13.32 $3.26 – $31.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $29.90 $3.48 – $8.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $19.04 $3.26 – $31.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $6.45 $2.00 – $8.72
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $54.47 $2.57 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $54.47 $2.57 – $14.69
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $54.47 $2.57 – $14.69

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