An fluoro guide for cvp 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

$2,479.13

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.

$2,479.13

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.

$53.15 with BCBS vs $2,032.89 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
BCBS NetworkP $53.15 ↓ -98%
Humana HumanaChoice $70.16 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $70.16 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $70.16 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $70.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $137.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $137.17 ↓ -94%
Molina MCD $173.54 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $371.87 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $371.87 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $371.87 ↓ -85%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $471.03 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $547.89 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $624.74 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $709.03 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $726.39 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,115.61 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,239.57 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,611.43 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,933.72 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,032.89 ↓ -18%

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An fluoro guide for cvp at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $128.64 $45.31 – $170.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $258.41 $67.43 – $611.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $112.24 $45.31 – $82.14
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $369.28 $67.43 – $611.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $52.56 – $269.81
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $128.64 $63.99 – $167.37
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $210.39 $45.31 – $170.77
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $69.30 $52.56 – $281.52

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →