Vancomycin peak therapeutic drug level 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.

$6.09 with Wellpoint vs $297.57 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 $6.09
Aetna NewBusiness $10.77
Aetna COMM $10.77
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.54
Healthspring MCRPPO $13.54
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.54
Healthspring MCRPOS $13.54
Healthspring MCRHMO $13.54
Healthspring DualEligible $13.54
Bright Health HIX $13.54
Wellcare MCR $13.54
Alive Hospice MCR $13.54
Molina MCD $13.54
United AllPayerAppendix $13.54
United CorePayer $13.54
United HeritageSelect $13.54
United MASNP $13.54
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.54
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.54
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.68
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.68
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.68
United MGMCR $13.81
Zing MGMCR $13.95
Ambetter Select $14.08
BCBS MCR $14.08
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $14.22
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $14.22
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $14.22
Evergreen HMO MCR $14.22
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $14.22
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $14.22
Ambetter CORE $14.63
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.89
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.57
Wellcare MGMCD $17.87
Wellcare CHIP $17.87
BCBS NetworkP $18.49
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $19.50
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $19.90
Cigna NewBusiness $24.22
Cigna OAP $27.50
Oscar HIX $40.62
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $54.16
Humana HumanaChoice $54.16
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $54.16
Humana BroadNetwork $54.16
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $68.95
United OptionsPPO $80.20
Cigna PPO $106.33
United GlobalBenefitPlan $163.30
Aetna NAP $181.44
City of Springfield COMM $235.88
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $283.05
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $297.57

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Vancomycin peak therapeutic drug level at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $85.62 $4.87 – $51.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $33.45 $12.04 – $79.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $32.43 $11.78 – $27.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $47.80 $12.04 – $79.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $23.70 $6.77 – $29.52
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $85.62 $9.50 – $51.92
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $85.62 $9.50 – $51.92
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $85.62 $9.50 – $51.92

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