Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184
$4,635.60
Cash price 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.
$4,635.60
Gross charge 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.
$222.72 with Humana vs $3,801.19 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Humana | HumanaChoice | $222.72 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $222.72 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $222.72 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $222.72 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | MCD | $324.49 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $341.20 | ↓ -93% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $341.20 | ↓ -93% |
| United | CorePayer | $341.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $624.61 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | COMM | $624.61 | ↓ -87% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $880.76 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,024.47 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,358.23 | ↓ -71% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $2,086.02 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NAP | $2,317.80 | ↓ -50% |
| City of Springfield | COMM | $3,013.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $3,615.77 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $3,801.19 | ↓ -18% |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $897.47 | $307.82 – $985.24 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,456.03 | $278.75 – $3,443.30 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $2,080.74 | $278.75 – $3,443.30 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $636.75 | $325.55 – $709.70 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $624.68 | $217.92 – $786.00 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $636.75 | $156.90 – $709.70 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $636.75 | $261.50 – $794.30 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $636.75 | $316.76 – $703.41 |