App mdlty 1+hubbrd tnk ea 15 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.

$32.30 with United vs $326.00 with Aetna — 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 MASNP $32.30
Amerigroup MGMCR $32.30
Wellpoint MGMCD $32.30
Devoted Health Plan MCR $32.30
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $32.30
Alive Hospice MCR $32.30
Healthspring MCRPPO $32.30
Healthspring DualEligible $32.30
Healthspring MCRPOS $32.30
Wellcare MCR $32.30
Healthspring MCRHMO $32.30
Aetna MGMCRPPO $32.62
Aetna MGMCRHMO $32.62
Aetna MGMCRSNP $32.62
United MGMCR $32.95
Zing MGMCR $33.27
BCBS MCR $33.59
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $33.91
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $33.91
Evergreen HMO MCR $33.91
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $33.91
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $33.91
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $33.91
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $35.53
Bright Health MCRNarrow $37.14
Wellcare CHIP $42.64
Wellcare MGMCD $42.64
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $46.51
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $47.48
BCBS NetworkP $68.78
Aetna NewBusiness $274.00
Aetna COMM $326.00

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App mdlty 1+hubbrd tnk ea 15 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $19.15 – $70.10
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $19.15 – $70.10
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $19.15 – $70.10
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $28.39 – $70.10
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $19.15 – $70.10
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $29.12 – $70.10
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $19.15 – $47.48
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $31.33 – $47.48

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