Bilicheck 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

$53.55

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.

$53.55

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.

$2.26 with Wellpoint vs $43.91 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 $2.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $4.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $4.00 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $5.02 ↓ -91%
Healthspring MCRPPO $5.02 ↓ -91%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $5.02 ↓ -91%
Healthspring MCRPOS $5.02 ↓ -91%
Healthspring MCRHMO $5.02 ↓ -91%
Healthspring DualEligible $5.02 ↓ -91%
Bright Health HIX $5.02 ↓ -91%
Wellcare MCR $5.02 ↓ -91%
Alive Hospice MCR $5.02 ↓ -91%
Molina MCD $5.02 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.02 ↓ -91%
United CorePayer $5.02 ↓ -91%
United HeritageSelect $5.02 ↓ -91%
United MASNP $5.02 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCR $5.02 ↓ -91%
Bright Health SmallGroup $5.02 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $5.07 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $5.07 ↓ -91%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $5.07 ↓ -91%
United MGMCR $5.12 ↓ -90%
Zing MGMCR $5.17 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Select $5.22 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCR $5.22 ↓ -90%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $5.27 ↓ -90%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $5.27 ↓ -90%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $5.27 ↓ -90%
Evergreen HMO MCR $5.27 ↓ -90%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $5.27 ↓ -90%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $5.27 ↓ -90%
Ambetter CORE $5.42 ↓ -90%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $5.52 ↓ -90%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $5.77 ↓ -89%
Wellcare MGMCD $6.63 ↓ -88%
Wellcare CHIP $6.63 ↓ -88%
BCBS NetworkP $6.84 ↓ -87%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7.23 ↓ -86%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $7.38 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $9.23 ↓ -83%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $10.17 ↓ -81%
Cigna OAP $10.49 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $11.83 ↓ -78%
Oscar HIX $15.06 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $15.69 ↓ -71%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $20.08 ↓ -63%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $20.08 ↓ -63%
Humana HumanaChoice $20.08 ↓ -63%
Humana BroadNetwork $20.08 ↓ -63%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $24.10 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $26.77 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $34.81 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $41.77 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $43.91 ↓ -18%

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Bilicheck at other Tennessee hospitals

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62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $4.83 $4.77 – $10.04
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $4.40 $4.37 – $10.04
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $11.10 $2.26 – $33.30
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $10.73 $2.26 – $33.30
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $12.21 $2.26 – $33.30
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $12.21 $2.26 – $33.30
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $11.84 $2.26 – $33.30
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $11.10 $2.26 – $33.30

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