Colistimethate sodium inj 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

$1,961.79

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.

$1,961.79

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.

$13.52 with Cigna vs $1,608.67 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.

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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
Cigna NewBusiness $13.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $14.60 ↓ -99%
Cigna OAP $15.37 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $32.01 ↓ -98%
United HeritageSelect $32.01 ↓ -98%
United CorePayer $32.01 ↓ -98%
Molina MCD $137.33 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $294.27 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $294.27 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $294.27 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $433.56 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $574.80 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $882.81 ↓ -55%
City of Springfield COMM $1,275.16 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,530.20 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,608.67 ↓ -18%

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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $62.69 $13.30 – $41.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $48.74 $16.55 – $65.63
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $44.69 $12.28 – $41.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $69.65 $16.55 – $65.63
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $68.47 $22.99 – $35.98
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $64.40 $22.99 – $35.98
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $68.47 $22.99 – $35.98
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $68.47 $22.99 – $35.98

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