Rapid Strep Test 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.

$7.44 with Wellpoint vs $66.12 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 $7.44
Aetna NewBusiness $13.14
Aetna COMM $13.14
BCBS NetworkP $15.62
Alive Hospice MCR $16.53
Wellcare MCR $16.53
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.53
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.53
Molina MCD $16.53
United AllPayerAppendix $16.53
United CorePayer $16.53
United HeritageSelect $16.53
United MASNP $16.53
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.53
Bright Health HIX $16.53
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.53
Healthspring DualEligible $16.53
Healthspring MCRHMO $16.53
Healthspring MCRPOS $16.53
Healthspring MCRPPO $16.53
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.70
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.70
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.70
United MGMCR $16.86
Zing MGMCR $17.03
Ambetter Select $17.19
BCBS MCR $17.19
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.36
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.36
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.36
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.36
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.36
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.36
Ambetter CORE $17.85
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.18
Bright Health MCRNarrow $19.01
Wellcare MGMCD $21.82
Wellcare CHIP $21.82
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.80
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $24.30
Cigna NewBusiness $29.41
Cigna OAP $33.40
Oscar HIX $49.59
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $66.12
Humana HumanaChoice $66.12
Humana BroadNetwork $66.12
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $66.12

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Rapid Strep Test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $26.79 $5.95 – $51.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $34.34 $10.65 – $81.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $35.19 $14.38 – $33.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $49.07 $10.65 – $81.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20.10 $8.27 – $36.04
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $38.37 $14.88 – $51.92
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $19.78 $8.50 – $36.09
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $20.10 $6.12 – $36.04

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →