Co-treatment - group 15 mins, st 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.

$22.74 with United vs $326.00 with Aetna — 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
United MASNP $22.74
Amerigroup MGMCR $22.74
Wellpoint MGMCD $22.74
Devoted Health Plan MCR $22.74
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $22.74
Alive Hospice MCR $22.74
Healthspring MCRPPO $22.74
Healthspring DualEligible $22.74
Healthspring MCRPOS $22.74
Wellcare MCR $22.74
Healthspring MCRHMO $22.74
Aetna MGMCRPPO $22.97
Aetna MGMCRHMO $22.97
Aetna MGMCRSNP $22.97
United MGMCR $23.19
Zing MGMCR $23.42
BCBS MCR $23.65
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $23.88
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $23.88
Evergreen HMO MCR $23.88
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $23.88
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $23.88
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $23.88
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $25.01
Bright Health MCRNarrow $26.15
Wellcare CHIP $30.02
Wellcare MGMCD $30.02
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $32.75
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $33.43
BCBS NetworkP $48.29
Aetna NewBusiness $274.00
Aetna COMM $326.00

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Co-treatment - group 15 mins, st at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $56.60 $14.22 – $51.29
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $22.65 $16.50 – $49.57
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $50.36 $14.22 – $51.29
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $50.36 $14.22 – $51.29
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $47.94 $19.93 – $51.29
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $56.60 $14.22 – $51.29
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $22.65 $16.50 – $49.57
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $22.65 $16.50 – $54.58

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →