Buprenorphine hydrochloride 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

$87.30

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.

$87.30

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.

$4.70 with Cigna vs $71.59 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
Cigna NewBusiness $4.70 ↓ -95%
BCBS NetworkP $5.11 ↓ -94%
Cigna OAP $5.34 ↓ -94%
Molina MCD $6.11 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $11.16 ↓ -87%
United HeritageSelect $11.16 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.16 ↓ -87%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.10 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.10 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.10 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $19.29 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $25.58 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $39.28 ↓ -55%
City of Springfield COMM $56.74 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $68.09 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $71.59 ↓ -18%

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Buprenorphine hydrochloride at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $9.77 $4.62 – $8.26
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $33.47 $4.55 – $69.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $35.01 $4.03 – $5.29
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $47.83 $4.55 – $69.70
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $31.96 $4.03 – $5.29
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $30.44 $4.03 – $5.29
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $4.70 – $11.16
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $4.70 – $11.16

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