Caregiver training strategies&tq ea addl 15 min 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.

$24.62 with Molina vs $288.39 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
Molina MCD $24.62
Wellcare MCR $25.32
Alive Hospice MCR $25.32
Devoted Health Plan MCR $25.32
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $25.32
Healthspring MCRPPO $25.32
Healthspring MCRPOS $25.32
Healthspring MCRHMO $25.32
Healthspring DualEligible $25.32
Wellpoint MGMCD $25.32
United MASNP $25.32
Amerigroup MGMCR $25.32
Aetna MGMCRHMO $25.57
Aetna MGMCRPPO $25.57
Aetna MGMCRSNP $25.57
United MGMCR $25.83
Zing MGMCR $26.08
BCBS MCR $26.33
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $26.59
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $26.59
Evergreen HMO MCR $26.59
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $26.59
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $26.59
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $26.59
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $27.85
Bright Health MCRNarrow $29.12
Wellcare MGMCD $33.42
Wellcare CHIP $33.42
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $36.46
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $37.22
Bright Health HIX $52.75
BCBS NetworkP $53.63
Oscar HIX $55.22
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $66.82
Ambetter CORE $67.88
Ambetter Select $70.34
Bright Health SmallGroup $73.85
United OptionsPPO $77.72
Aetna NewBusiness $84.41
Cigna NewBusiness $88.63
Aetna COMM $98.47
Cigna OAP $100.58
Cigna PPO $103.05
United GlobalBenefitPlan $158.26
Aetna NAP $175.84
City of Springfield COMM $228.60
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $274.32
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $288.39

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Caregiver training strategies&tq ea addl 15 min at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $17.94 $21.69 – $24.99
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $33.60 $25.16 – $87.66
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $33.12 $25.16 – $99.88
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $33.60 $23.55 – $95.12
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $33.60 $23.55 – $89.20
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $33.60 $23.80 – $95.12
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $33.60 $23.55 – $89.20
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $16.38 $21.69 – $53.04

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