_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184
$250.96
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.
$250.96
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.
$47.68 with NHC Advantage, Inc. vs $461.44 with Humana — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $47.68 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $51.91 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $55.46 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | PPO | $73.53 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | COMM | $91.71 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $91.71 | ↓ -63% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $112.93 | ↓ -55% |
| Alive Hospice | MCR | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellcare | MCR | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Molina | MCD | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| United | CorePayer | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| United | MASNP | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Bright Health | HIX | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Healthspring | DualEligible | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Healthspring | MCRHMO | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Healthspring | MCRPOS | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Healthspring | MCRPPO | $115.36 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $116.51 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $116.51 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $116.51 | ↓ -54% |
| United | MGMCR | $117.67 | ↓ -53% |
| Zing | MGMCR | $118.82 | ↓ -53% |
| Ambetter | Select | $119.97 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | MCR | $119.97 | ↓ -52% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $121.13 | ↓ -52% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $121.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $121.13 | ↓ -52% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $121.13 | ↓ -52% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $121.13 | ↓ -52% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $121.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $124.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | NAP | $125.48 | ↓ -50% |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $126.90 | ↓ -49% |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $132.66 | ↓ -47% |
| Wellcare | MGMCD | $152.28 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellcare | CHIP | $152.28 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $157.38 | ↓ -37% |
| City of Springfield | COMM | $163.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $166.12 | ↓ -34% |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $169.58 | ↓ -32% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $195.75 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $205.79 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $205.91 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | OAP | $233.84 | ↓ -7% |
| Oscar | HIX | $346.08 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $461.44 | ↑ +84% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $461.44 | ↑ +84% |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $461.44 | ↑ +84% |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $461.44 | ↑ +84% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $164.88 | $94.80 – $331.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $235.62 | $99.54 – $331.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $201.90 | $57.68 – $251.48 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $198.26 | $81.70 – $254.07 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $201.90 | $51.91 – $251.48 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $201.90 | $57.68 – $276.86 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $201.90 | $57.68 – $251.48 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $201.90 | $57.68 – $276.86 |