Brace back epic lso 637 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.

$1,302.42 with Healthspring vs $1,914.56 with NovaNET — 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
Healthspring MCRHMO $1,302.42
Healthspring MCRPPO $1,302.42
Wellcare MCR $1,302.42
Devoted Health Plan MCR $1,302.42
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $1,302.42
United MASNP $1,302.42
Amerigroup MGMCR $1,302.42
Wellpoint MGMCD $1,302.42
Alive Hospice MCR $1,302.42
Healthspring DualEligible $1,302.42
Healthspring MCRPOS $1,302.42
Aetna MGMCRHMO $1,315.44
Aetna MGMCRPPO $1,315.44
Aetna MGMCRSNP $1,315.44
United MGMCR $1,328.47
Zing MGMCR $1,341.49
BCBS MCR $1,354.52
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $1,367.54
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $1,367.54
Evergreen HMO MCR $1,367.54
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $1,367.54
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $1,367.54
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $1,367.54
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1,432.66
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1,497.78
Wellcare CHIP $1,719.19
Wellcare MGMCD $1,719.19
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,875.48
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1,914.56

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Brace back epic lso 637 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $3,004.50 $274.99 – $1,178.55
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $432.14 $274.99 – $1,178.55
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $2,904.35 $274.99 – $1,464.63
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $432.14 $274.99 – $1,178.55
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $3,304.95 $274.99 – $1,178.55
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $3,304.95 $922.75 – $9,013.50
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $1,023.66 $274.99 – $1,464.63
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $392.85 $274.99 – $1,178.55

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →