Aortic dysfunction/dilation 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.

$607.59 with Wellpoint vs $5,400.76 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.

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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
Wellpoint MGMCD $607.59
Aetna NewBusiness $1,073.40
Aetna COMM $1,073.40
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $1,350.19
Alive Hospice MCR $1,350.19
Wellcare MCR $1,350.19
Devoted Health Plan MCR $1,350.19
Molina MCD $1,350.19
United AllPayerAppendix $1,350.19
United CorePayer $1,350.19
United HeritageSelect $1,350.19
United MASNP $1,350.19
Amerigroup MGMCR $1,350.19
Bright Health HIX $1,350.19
Bright Health SmallGroup $1,350.19
BCBS NetworkP $1,350.19
Healthspring DualEligible $1,350.19
Healthspring MCRHMO $1,350.19
Healthspring MCRPOS $1,350.19
Healthspring MCRPPO $1,350.19
Aetna MGMCRSNP $1,363.69
Aetna MGMCRPPO $1,363.69
Aetna MGMCRHMO $1,363.69
United MGMCR $1,377.19
Zing MGMCR $1,390.70
Ambetter Select $1,404.20
BCBS MCR $1,404.20
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $1,417.70
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $1,417.70
Evergreen HMO MCR $1,417.70
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $1,417.70
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $1,417.70
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $1,417.70
Ambetter CORE $1,458.21
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1,485.21
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1,552.72
Wellcare MGMCD $1,782.25
Wellcare CHIP $1,782.25
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,944.27
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1,984.78
Cigna NewBusiness $2,407.36
Cigna OAP $2,733.99
Oscar HIX $4,050.57
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $5,400.76
Humana HumanaChoice $5,400.76
Humana BroadNetwork $5,400.76
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $5,400.76

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Aortic dysfunction/dilation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,646.36 $881.34 – $3,893.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,352.73 $881.34 – $3,893.40
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $1,700.16 $675.10 – $2,975.90
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $1,732.65 $486.07 – $2,943.41
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $1,732.65 $675.10 – $3,240.46
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $1,732.65 $675.10 – $3,240.46
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $1,732.65 $675.10 – $2,943.41
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $486.07 – $4,233.98

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