Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs 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

$7,614.16

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.

$7,614.16

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.

$248.34 with BCBS vs $6,243.61 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
BCBS NetworkP $248.34 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $252.48 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $252.48 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $252.48 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $252.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $458.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $458.20 ↓ -94%
Molina MCD $532.99 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $775.85 ↓ -90%
Cigna OAP $881.27 ↓ -88%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,446.69 ↓ -81%
United HeritageSelect $1,623.62 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,623.62 ↓ -79%
United CorePayer $1,623.62 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $1,682.73 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $2,230.95 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $3,426.37 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $3,807.08 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $4,949.20 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,939.04 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $6,243.61 ↓ -18%

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Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,895.22 $112.25 – $2,035.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,369.30 $167.06 – $3,238.20
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1,027.64 $112.25 – $2,384.12
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,956.80 $167.06 – $3,238.20
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $430.65 $130.21 – $2,633.64
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,895.25 $112.25 – $2,035.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,895.25 $112.25 – $2,035.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,895.22 $167.71 – $2,035.50

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