5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184
$123.45
Cash price 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.
$123.45
Gross charge 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.
$8.64 with Molina vs $101.23 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | MCD | $8.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $9.99 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | OAP | $11.36 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $18.52 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $18.52 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $18.52 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $27.28 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $30.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | PPO | $36.17 | ↓ -71% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $55.55 | ↓ -55% |
| City of Springfield | COMM | $80.24 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $96.29 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $101.23 | ↓ -18% |
Visitor-reported prices
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5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY | Ashland City | $115.06 | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER | HENDERSONVILLE | $34.29 | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER | DICKSON | $92.29 | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER | ANTIOCH | $69.40 | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS | NASHVILLE | not published | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER | Smyrna | not published | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER | MT JULIET | not published | $9.99 – $9.99 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $9.92 – $9.99 |