Tissue transglutaminase iga 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.

$5.19 with Wellpoint vs $117.26 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 $5.19
Aetna NewBusiness $9.17
Aetna COMM $9.17
Devoted Health Plan MCR $11.53
Healthspring MCRPPO $11.53
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $11.53
Healthspring MCRPOS $11.53
Healthspring MCRHMO $11.53
Healthspring DualEligible $11.53
Bright Health HIX $11.53
Wellcare MCR $11.53
Alive Hospice MCR $11.53
Molina MCD $11.53
United AllPayerAppendix $11.53
United CorePayer $11.53
United HeritageSelect $11.53
United MASNP $11.53
BCBS NetworkP $11.53
Amerigroup MGMCR $11.53
Bright Health SmallGroup $11.53
Aetna MGMCRHMO $11.65
Aetna MGMCRSNP $11.65
Aetna MGMCRPPO $11.65
United MGMCR $11.76
Zing MGMCR $11.88
BCBS MCR $11.99
Ambetter Select $11.99
Evergreen HMO MCR $12.11
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $12.11
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $12.11
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $12.11
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $12.11
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $12.11
Ambetter CORE $12.45
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $12.68
Bright Health MCRNarrow $13.26
Wellcare CHIP $15.22
Wellcare MGMCD $15.22
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16.60
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $16.95
Cigna NewBusiness $20.76
Cigna OAP $23.57
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $27.17
United OptionsPPO $31.60
Oscar HIX $34.59
Cigna PPO $41.90
Humana BroadNetwork $46.12
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $46.12
Humana HumanaChoice $46.12
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $46.12
United GlobalBenefitPlan $64.35
Aetna NAP $71.50
City of Springfield COMM $92.95
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $111.54
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $117.26

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Tissue transglutaminase iga at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $21.09 $10.38 – $20.29
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $13.32 $9.00 – $31.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $8.74 $9.37 – $23.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $19.04 $9.45 – $31.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $74.55 $5.77 – $25.14
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $21.09 $10.38 – $24.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $21.09 $10.38 – $24.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $21.09 $10.38 – $24.33

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