Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184
$2,643.71
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.
$2,643.71
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.
$185.06 with Molina vs $2,167.84 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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| Molina | MCD | $185.06 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $283.57 | ↓ -89% |
| Bright Health | HIX | $396.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Oscar | HIX | $415.06 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $478.69 | ↓ -82% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $502.30 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $510.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | Select | $528.74 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | OAP | $543.73 | ↓ -79% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $555.18 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $584.26 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | PPO | $774.61 | ↓ -71% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,189.67 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,264.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | NAP | $1,321.86 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,482.00 | ↓ -44% |
| City of Springfield | COMM | $1,718.41 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,062.09 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $2,167.84 | ↓ -18% |
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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $461.81 | $108.35 – $436.96 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $760.72 | $132.73 – $1,799.00 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $471.27 | $108.35 – $441.44 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,087.11 | $132.73 – $1,799.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $229.50 | $114.91 – $485.38 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $571.19 | $76.07 – $436.96 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $571.19 | $76.07 – $436.96 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $571.17 | $76.07 – $436.96 |