#aptt mix-1:1 incubated 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

$174.98

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.

$174.98

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.

$15.79 with Wellpoint vs $143.48 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $15.79 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $27.90 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $27.90 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $33.25 ↓ -81%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $35.09 ↓ -80%
Healthspring MCRPPO $35.09 ↓ -80%
Healthspring MCRPOS $35.09 ↓ -80%
Healthspring MCRHMO $35.09 ↓ -80%
Healthspring DualEligible $35.09 ↓ -80%
Bright Health HIX $35.09 ↓ -80%
Wellcare MCR $35.09 ↓ -80%
Alive Hospice MCR $35.09 ↓ -80%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $35.09 ↓ -80%
Molina MCD $35.09 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $35.09 ↓ -80%
United CorePayer $35.09 ↓ -80%
United HeritageSelect $35.09 ↓ -80%
United MASNP $35.09 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup MGMCR $35.09 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $35.09 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $35.44 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $35.44 ↓ -80%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $35.44 ↓ -80%
United MGMCR $35.79 ↓ -80%
Zing MGMCR $36.14 ↓ -79%
BCBS MCR $36.49 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Select $36.49 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $36.84 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $36.84 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $36.84 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $36.84 ↓ -79%
Evergreen HMO MCR $36.84 ↓ -79%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $36.84 ↓ -79%
Ambetter CORE $37.90 ↓ -78%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $38.60 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $38.67 ↓ -78%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $40.35 ↓ -77%
Wellcare MGMCD $46.32 ↓ -74%
Wellcare CHIP $46.32 ↓ -74%
BCBS NetworkP $47.87 ↓ -73%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $50.53 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $51.27 ↓ -71%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $51.58 ↓ -71%
Cigna NewBusiness $62.29 ↓ -64%
Cigna OAP $70.74 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $78.74 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $87.49 ↓ -50%
Oscar HIX $105.27 ↓ -40%
City of Springfield COMM $113.74 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $136.48 ↓ -22%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $140.36 ↓ -20%
Humana BroadNetwork $140.36 ↓ -20%
Humana HumanaChoice $140.36 ↓ -20%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $140.36 ↓ -20%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $143.48 ↓ -18%

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#aptt mix-1:1 incubated at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $129.95 $24.67 – $307.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $185.70 $24.67 – $307.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $61.50 $17.55 – $76.50
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $57.50 $24.86 – $77.23
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $61.50 $15.79 – $76.50
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $61.50 $17.55 – $84.22
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $61.50 $17.55 – $76.50
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $61.50 $17.55 – $84.22

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →