Troponin quantitative 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

$208.22

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.

$208.22

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.

$5.61 with Wellpoint vs $170.74 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 $5.61 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $9.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $9.91 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $12.47 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRPPO $12.47 ↓ -94%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $12.47 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRPOS $12.47 ↓ -94%
Healthspring MCRHMO $12.47 ↓ -94%
Healthspring DualEligible $12.47 ↓ -94%
Bright Health HIX $12.47 ↓ -94%
Wellcare MCR $12.47 ↓ -94%
Alive Hospice MCR $12.47 ↓ -94%
Molina MCD $12.47 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.47 ↓ -94%
United CorePayer $12.47 ↓ -94%
United HeritageSelect $12.47 ↓ -94%
United MASNP $12.47 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCR $12.47 ↓ -94%
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.47 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $12.59 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $12.59 ↓ -94%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $12.59 ↓ -94%
United MGMCR $12.72 ↓ -94%
Zing MGMCR $12.84 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Select $12.97 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCR $12.97 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.09 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.09 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.09 ↓ -94%
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.09 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.09 ↓ -94%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.09 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $13.42 ↓ -94%
Ambetter CORE $13.47 ↓ -94%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $13.72 ↓ -93%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $14.34 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MGMCD $16.46 ↓ -92%
Wellcare CHIP $16.46 ↓ -92%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $17.96 ↓ -91%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $18.33 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $22.49 ↓ -89%
Cigna OAP $25.54 ↓ -88%
Oscar HIX $37.41 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $39.56 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $46.02 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $49.88 ↓ -76%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $49.88 ↓ -76%
Humana HumanaChoice $49.88 ↓ -76%
Humana BroadNetwork $49.88 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $61.01 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $93.70 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $104.11 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $135.34 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $162.41 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $170.74 ↓ -18%

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Troponin quantitative at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $77.15 $4.49 – $43.45
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $158.96 $8.74 – $375.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $46.00 $10.85 – $24.94
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $227.16 $8.74 – $375.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $17.10 $6.24 – $27.18
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $77.15 $6.90 – $57.83
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $77.15 $6.90 – $65.17
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $74.66 $6.90 – $82.56

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