#cf-97variants 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.

$250.47 with Wellpoint vs $2,226.40 with Humana — 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $250.47
Aetna NewBusiness $442.50
Aetna COMM $442.50
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $556.60
Alive Hospice MCR $556.60
Wellcare MCR $556.60
Devoted Health Plan MCR $556.60
Molina MCD $556.60
United AllPayerAppendix $556.60
United CorePayer $556.60
United HeritageSelect $556.60
United MASNP $556.60
Amerigroup MGMCR $556.60
Bright Health HIX $556.60
Bright Health SmallGroup $556.60
Healthspring DualEligible $556.60
Healthspring MCRHMO $556.60
Healthspring MCRPOS $556.60
Healthspring MCRPPO $556.60
Aetna MGMCRPPO $562.17
Aetna MGMCRHMO $562.17
Aetna MGMCRSNP $562.17
United MGMCR $567.73
Zing MGMCR $573.30
Ambetter Select $578.86
BCBS MCR $578.86
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $584.43
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $584.43
Evergreen HMO MCR $584.43
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $584.43
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $584.43
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $584.43
Ambetter CORE $601.13
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $612.26
Bright Health MCRNarrow $640.09
Wellcare MGMCD $734.71
Wellcare CHIP $734.71
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $801.50
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $818.20
Cigna NewBusiness $992.59
Cigna OAP $1,127.27
BCBS NetworkP $1,200.00
Oscar HIX $1,669.80
Humana BroadNetwork $2,226.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $2,226.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $2,226.40
Humana HumanaChoice $2,226.40

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#cf-97variants at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $80.22 $189.70 – $960.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $218.04 $484.24 – $1,113.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $114.64 $56.91 – $834.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $1,540.05 $278.30 – $1,213.39
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $470.72 $500.94 – $2,556.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $470.72 $500.94 – $2,556.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $470.72 $500.94 – $2,556.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $470.72 $500.94 – $2,556.00

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