Alprostadil for injection 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

$686.01

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.

$686.01

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.

$1.27 with United vs $562.53 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
United CorePayer $1.27 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.27 ↓ -100%
United HeritageSelect $1.27 ↓ -100%
Cigna NewBusiness $13.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $14.78 ↓ -98%
Molina MCD $48.02 ↓ -93%
Bright Health HIX $102.90 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $102.90 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $102.90 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $102.90 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $107.70 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $130.34 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $132.40 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $137.20 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $144.06 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $151.61 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $171.50 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $201.00 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $308.70 ↓ -55%
City of Springfield COMM $445.91 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $535.09 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $562.53 ↓ -18%

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Alprostadil for injection at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $245.11 $8.34 – $12.42
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $210.99 $2.15 – $18.44
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $189.90 $2.15 – $18.44
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $189.90 $2.15 – $18.44
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $189.90 $2.15 – $1,118.65
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $189.90 $2.15 – $18.44
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $223.80 $8.34 – $10.23
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $189.90 $2.15 – $18.44

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