Strep a ag ia 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

$347.04

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.

$347.04

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.

$7.56 with Wellpoint vs $284.57 with Multiplan — 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 $7.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $13.37 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $13.37 ↓ -96%
BCBS NetworkP $15.62 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $16.81 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.81 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $16.81 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $16.81 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $16.81 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $16.81 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $16.81 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $16.81 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.81 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $16.81 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.81 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $16.81 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $16.81 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $16.81 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.81 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.81 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.98 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.98 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.98 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $17.15 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $17.31 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $17.48 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $17.48 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $17.65 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $17.65 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $17.65 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $17.65 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $17.65 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $17.65 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $18.16 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $18.49 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $19.33 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $22.19 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MGMCD $22.19 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.21 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $24.71 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $29.99 ↓ -91%
Cigna OAP $34.06 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $50.43 ↓ -85%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $65.94 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $67.24 ↓ -81%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $67.24 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $67.24 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $67.24 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $76.70 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $101.68 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $156.17 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $173.52 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $225.58 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $270.69 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $284.57 ↓ -18%

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Strep a ag ia at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $20.10 $6.12 – $36.65
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $20.10 $8.41 – $40.34
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $20.10 $8.41 – $40.34
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $20.10 $8.41 – $36.65
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $781.00 $7.56 – $50.43
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna $629.81 $7.56 – $50.43
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $6.05 – $53.04
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $8.42 – $53.04

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