Pyruvate 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.

$6.52 with Wellpoint vs $57.92 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 $6.52
Aetna NewBusiness $11.51
Aetna COMM $11.51
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $14.48
Alive Hospice MCR $14.48
Wellcare MCR $14.48
Devoted Health Plan MCR $14.48
Molina MCD $14.48
United AllPayerAppendix $14.48
United CorePayer $14.48
United HeritageSelect $14.48
United MASNP $14.48
Amerigroup MGMCR $14.48
Bright Health HIX $14.48
Bright Health SmallGroup $14.48
Healthspring DualEligible $14.48
Healthspring MCRHMO $14.48
Healthspring MCRPOS $14.48
Healthspring MCRPPO $14.48
Aetna MGMCRHMO $14.62
Aetna MGMCRSNP $14.62
Aetna MGMCRPPO $14.62
United MGMCR $14.77
BCBS NetworkP $14.81
Zing MGMCR $14.91
Ambetter Select $15.06
BCBS MCR $15.06
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $15.20
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $15.20
Evergreen HMO MCR $15.20
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $15.20
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $15.20
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $15.20
Ambetter CORE $15.64
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $15.93
Bright Health MCRNarrow $16.65
Wellcare CHIP $19.11
Wellcare MGMCD $19.11
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.85
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $21.29
Cigna NewBusiness $25.95
Cigna OAP $29.47
Oscar HIX $43.44
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $57.92
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $57.92
Humana BroadNetwork $57.92
Humana HumanaChoice $57.92

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Pyruvate at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $19.05 $7.24 – $31.57
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $18.86 $7.69 – $31.76
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $19.05 $5.53 – $31.57
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $19.05 $7.24 – $34.75
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $19.05 $7.24 – $31.57
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $19.05 $7.24 – $34.75
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $8.40 $13.76 – $28.96
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $19.05 $7.24 – $34.75

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