Smear nasal eosinophil 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.

$2.61 with Wellpoint vs $23.16 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 $2.61
Aetna NewBusiness $4.60
Aetna COMM $4.60
BCBS NetworkP $5.61
Alive Hospice MCR $5.79
Wellcare MCR $5.79
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.79
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.79
Molina MCD $5.79
United AllPayerAppendix $5.79
United CorePayer $5.79
United HeritageSelect $5.79
United MASNP $5.79
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.79
Bright Health HIX $5.79
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.79
Healthspring DualEligible $5.79
Healthspring MCRHMO $5.79
Healthspring MCRPOS $5.79
Healthspring MCRPPO $5.79
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.85
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.85
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.85
United MGMCR $5.91
Zing MGMCR $5.96
Ambetter Select $6.02
BCBS MCR $6.02
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.08
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.08
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.08
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.08
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.08
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.08
Ambetter CORE $6.26
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $6.37
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.66
Wellcare MGMCD $7.64
Wellcare CHIP $7.64
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.34
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $8.51
Cigna NewBusiness $10.39
Cigna OAP $11.80
Oscar HIX $17.37
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $23.16
Humana HumanaChoice $23.16
Humana BroadNetwork $23.16
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $23.16

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Smear nasal eosinophil at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $30.49 $4.21 – $72.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $43.57 $4.21 – $72.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $7.95 $2.90 – $12.62
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $8.05 $3.37 – $12.99
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $7.95 $2.42 – $12.62
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $7.95 $2.90 – $13.90
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $7.95 $2.90 – $12.62
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $7.95 $2.90 – $13.90

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