Rheumatoid factor qualitative 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.

$2.76 with Wellpoint vs $24.56 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 $2.76
Aetna NewBusiness $4.89
Aetna COMM $4.89
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.14
Alive Hospice MCR $6.14
Wellcare MCR $6.14
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.14
Molina MCD $6.14
United AllPayerAppendix $6.14
United CorePayer $6.14
United HeritageSelect $6.14
United MASNP $6.14
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.14
Bright Health HIX $6.14
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.14
Healthspring DualEligible $6.14
Healthspring MCRHMO $6.14
Healthspring MCRPOS $6.14
Healthspring MCRPPO $6.14
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.20
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.20
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.20
United MGMCR $6.26
Zing MGMCR $6.32
Ambetter Select $6.39
BCBS MCR $6.39
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.45
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.45
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.45
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.45
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.45
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.45
Ambetter CORE $6.63
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $6.75
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.06
BCBS NetworkP $7.74
Wellcare MGMCD $8.10
Wellcare CHIP $8.10
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.84
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $9.03
Cigna NewBusiness $10.96
Cigna OAP $12.45
Oscar HIX $18.42
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $24.56
Humana HumanaChoice $24.56
Humana BroadNetwork $24.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $24.56

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Rheumatoid factor qualitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $9.90 $3.07 – $13.39
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $9.90 $2.76 – $13.39
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $9.90 $3.07 – $14.74
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $9.90 $3.07 – $13.39
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $9.90 $3.07 – $14.74
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $5.04 $5.83 – $12.28
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $9.90 $3.07 – $14.74
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $23.80 $5.34 – $12.28

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →