Triglycerides 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.

$2.58 with Wellpoint vs $248.79 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 $2.58
Aetna NewBusiness $4.57
Aetna COMM $4.57
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.74
Healthspring MCRPPO $5.74
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.74
Healthspring MCRPOS $5.74
Healthspring MCRHMO $5.74
Healthspring DualEligible $5.74
Bright Health HIX $5.74
Wellcare MCR $5.74
Alive Hospice MCR $5.74
Molina MCD $5.74
United AllPayerAppendix $5.74
United CorePayer $5.74
United HeritageSelect $5.74
United MASNP $5.74
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.74
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.74
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.80
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.80
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.80
United MGMCR $5.85
Zing MGMCR $5.91
Ambetter Select $5.97
BCBS MCR $5.97
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $6.03
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $6.03
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $6.03
Evergreen HMO MCR $6.03
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $6.03
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $6.03
Ambetter CORE $6.20
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $6.31
Bright Health MCRNarrow $6.60
Wellcare MGMCD $7.58
Wellcare CHIP $7.58
BCBS NetworkP $7.84
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8.27
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $8.44
Cigna NewBusiness $10.39
Cigna OAP $11.80
Oscar HIX $17.22
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $22.96
Humana HumanaChoice $22.96
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $22.96
Humana BroadNetwork $22.96
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $57.65
United OptionsPPO $67.05
Cigna PPO $88.90
United GlobalBenefitPlan $136.53
Aetna NAP $151.70
City of Springfield COMM $197.21
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $236.65
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $248.79

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Triglycerides at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $42.81 $2.07 – $22.59
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $15.40 $5.10 – $36.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $100.97 $4.99 – $11.48
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $22.00 $5.10 – $36.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $10.05 $2.31 – $12.51
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $42.81 $4.04 – $22.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $42.81 $4.04 – $22.59
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $42.81 $4.04 – $22.59

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