Brace knee 32in univ t-scope short lt/rt 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.

$928.91 with Healthspring vs $1,365.50 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 $928.91
Healthspring MCRPPO $928.91
Wellcare MCR $928.91
Devoted Health Plan MCR $928.91
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $928.91
United MASNP $928.91
Amerigroup MGMCR $928.91
Wellpoint MGMCD $928.91
Alive Hospice MCR $928.91
Healthspring DualEligible $928.91
Healthspring MCRPOS $928.91
Aetna MGMCRHMO $938.20
Aetna MGMCRPPO $938.20
Aetna MGMCRSNP $938.20
United MGMCR $947.49
Zing MGMCR $956.78
BCBS MCR $966.07
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $975.36
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $975.36
Evergreen HMO MCR $975.36
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $975.36
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $975.36
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $975.36
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $1,021.80
Bright Health MCRNarrow $1,068.25
Wellcare CHIP $1,226.16
Wellcare MGMCD $1,226.16
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,337.63
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $1,365.50

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Brace knee 32in univ t-scope short lt/rt at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $700.49 – $1,029.72
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $679.48 – $1,029.72
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $630.44 – $1,029.72
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $504.35 – $1,029.72
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $504.35 – $1,029.72
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $630.44 – $1,029.72
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $630.44 – $1,029.72
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $446.75 – $735.51

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