Brace tlso flex cust 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.

$188.72 with Healthspring vs $277.42 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 $188.72
Healthspring MCRPPO $188.72
Wellcare MCR $188.72
Devoted Health Plan MCR $188.72
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $188.72
United MASNP $188.72
Amerigroup MGMCR $188.72
Wellpoint MGMCD $188.72
Alive Hospice MCR $188.72
Healthspring DualEligible $188.72
Healthspring MCRPOS $188.72
Aetna MGMCRHMO $190.61
Aetna MGMCRPPO $190.61
Aetna MGMCRSNP $190.61
United MGMCR $192.49
Zing MGMCR $194.38
BCBS MCR $196.27
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $198.16
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $198.16
Evergreen HMO MCR $198.16
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $198.16
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $198.16
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $198.16
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $207.59
Bright Health MCRNarrow $217.03
Wellcare CHIP $249.11
Wellcare MGMCD $249.11
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $271.76
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $277.42

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Brace tlso flex cust at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $145.10 – $213.30
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $140.75 – $213.30
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $130.59 – $213.30
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $104.47 – $213.30
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $104.47 – $213.30
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $130.59 – $213.30
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $130.59 – $213.30
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $91.62 – $152.36

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →