Chronic urticaria - sendout 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.

$5.61 with Wellpoint vs $49.84 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 $5.61
Aetna NewBusiness $9.91
Aetna COMM $9.91
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $12.46
Alive Hospice MCR $12.46
Wellcare MCR $12.46
Devoted Health Plan MCR $12.46
Molina MCD $12.46
United AllPayerAppendix $12.46
United CorePayer $12.46
United HeritageSelect $12.46
United MASNP $12.46
Amerigroup MGMCR $12.46
Bright Health HIX $12.46
Bright Health SmallGroup $12.46
Healthspring DualEligible $12.46
Healthspring MCRHMO $12.46
Healthspring MCRPOS $12.46
Healthspring MCRPPO $12.46
Aetna MGMCRPPO $12.58
Aetna MGMCRHMO $12.58
Aetna MGMCRSNP $12.58
United MGMCR $12.71
Zing MGMCR $12.83
Ambetter Select $12.96
BCBS MCR $12.96
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.08
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.08
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.08
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.08
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.08
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.08
Ambetter CORE $13.45
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $13.71
Bright Health MCRNarrow $14.33
Wellcare MGMCD $16.45
Wellcare CHIP $16.45
BCBS NetworkP $17.01
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $17.94
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $18.32
Cigna NewBusiness $22.49
Cigna OAP $25.54
Oscar HIX $37.38
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $49.84
Humana HumanaChoice $49.84
Humana BroadNetwork $49.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $49.84

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Chronic urticaria - sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON $200.00 $5.61 – $37.38
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $201.60 $5.61 – $288.00
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $105.60 $5.61 – $288.00
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell $66.92 $5.61 – $69.30
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $92.80 $5.61 – $22.55
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $8.25 $5.61 – $22.55
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $105.60 $5.61 – $288.00
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $102.40 $5.61 – $288.00

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