Screening HIV antigen/antibody combination assay 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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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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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.

$10.84 with Wellpoint vs $72.24 with Oscar — 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

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 $10.84
Aetna COMM $19.14
Aetna NewBusiness $19.14
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $24.08
Alive Hospice MCR $24.08
Healthspring DualEligible $24.08
Wellcare MCR $24.08
Devoted Health Plan MCR $24.08
Amerigroup MGMCR $24.08
Healthspring MCRPPO $24.08
Healthspring MCRPOS $24.08
Bright Health HIX $24.08
Bright Health SmallGroup $24.08
Healthspring MCRHMO $24.08
Molina MCD $24.08
United AllPayerAppendix $24.08
United CorePayer $24.08
United HeritageSelect $24.08
United MASNP $24.08
Aetna MGMCRHMO $24.32
Aetna MGMCRPPO $24.32
Aetna MGMCRSNP $24.32
United MGMCR $24.56
Zing MGMCR $24.80
BCBS MCR $25.04
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $25.28
Evergreen HMO MCR $25.28
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $25.28
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $25.28
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $25.28
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $25.28
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $26.49
Bright Health MCRNarrow $27.69
Wellcare CHIP $31.79
Wellcare MGMCD $31.79
BCBS NetworkP $33.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $34.68
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $35.40
Cigna NewBusiness $42.69
Cigna OAP $48.48
Oscar HIX $72.24

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Screening HIV antigen/antibody combination assay at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $42.30 $11.80 – $52.49
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $41.63 $13.18 – $53.41
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $42.30 $10.84 – $52.49
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $42.30 $11.99 – $57.79
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $42.30 $12.04 – $52.49
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $42.30 $11.64 – $57.79
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $42.30 $11.26 – $57.79
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $42.30 $12.04 – $52.49

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →