Antithymocyte globuln rabbit 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.

$1,148.48 with BCBS vs $2,675.84 with United — 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 $1,148.48
Cigna NewBusiness $1,185.45
Cigna OAP $1,347.97
United AllPayerAppendix $2,675.84
United CorePayer $2,675.84
United HeritageSelect $2,675.84

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Antithymocyte globuln rabbit at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $2,291.39 $974.05 – $2,083.15
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $1,076.29 $264.34 – $2,207.90
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $1,144.55 $344.22 – $3,433.63
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $1,259.00 $344.22 – $3,433.63
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $1,106.39 $344.22 – $3,433.63
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $1,259.00 $344.22 – $3,433.63
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $1,259.00 $344.22 – $3,433.63
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $1,259.00 $344.22 – $3,433.63

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →