Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$22,286.40

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.

$22,286.40

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.

$1,329.24 with Cigna vs $18,274.85 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 $1,329.24 ↓ -94%
Cigna OAP $1,511.48 ↓ -93%
Molina MCD $1,560.05 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $1,800.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $3,342.96 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $3,342.96 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $3,342.96 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,797.98 ↓ -83%
United CorePayer $3,797.98 ↓ -83%
United HeritageSelect $3,797.98 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $4,925.29 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $6,529.92 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $10,028.88 ↓ -55%
City of Springfield COMM $14,486.16 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $17,383.39 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $18,274.85 ↓ -18%

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $6,731.51 $17.64 – $3,706.18
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,283.33 $26.25 – $2,357.18
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $957.48 $17.64 – $2,284.82
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,833.94 $26.25 – $2,357.18
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $3,467.70 $20.46 – $1,640.90
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $6,731.51 $17.64 – $2,277.94
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $6,731.51 $17.64 – $2,277.94
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $6,731.51 $17.64 – $3,706.18

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