#cms hgb-sulfhemoglobin 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.

$3.93 with BCBS vs $35.20 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
BCBS NetworkP $3.93
Wellpoint MGMCD $3.96
Aetna NewBusiness $7.00
Aetna COMM $7.00
Alive Hospice MCR $8.80
Wellcare MCR $8.80
Devoted Health Plan MCR $8.80
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $8.80
Molina MCD $8.80
United AllPayerAppendix $8.80
United CorePayer $8.80
United HeritageSelect $8.80
United MASNP $8.80
Amerigroup MGMCR $8.80
Bright Health HIX $8.80
Bright Health SmallGroup $8.80
Healthspring DualEligible $8.80
Healthspring MCRHMO $8.80
Healthspring MCRPOS $8.80
Healthspring MCRPPO $8.80
Aetna MGMCRSNP $8.89
Aetna MGMCRPPO $8.89
Aetna MGMCRHMO $8.89
United MGMCR $8.98
Zing MGMCR $9.06
Ambetter Select $9.15
BCBS MCR $9.15
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.24
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.24
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.24
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.24
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.24
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.24
Ambetter CORE $9.51
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $9.68
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.12
Wellcare MGMCD $11.62
Wellcare CHIP $11.62
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $12.67
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $12.94
Cigna NewBusiness $15.58
Cigna OAP $17.70
Oscar HIX $26.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $35.20
Humana HumanaChoice $35.20
Humana BroadNetwork $35.20
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $35.20

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#cms hgb-sulfhemoglobin at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $3.17 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $4.76 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $4.76 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $5.80 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $4.76 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $5.90 – $31.60
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $3.93 – $26.40
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $3.93 – $26.40

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