Computed tomographic angiography head and neck with contrast at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184
$8,510.04
Cash price 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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$8,510.04
Gross charge 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.
$481.18 with United vs $6,978.23 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | HeritageSelect | $481.18 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $481.18 | ↓ -94% |
| United | CorePayer | $481.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | MCD | $595.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $1,276.51 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $1,276.51 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $1,276.51 | ↓ -85% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $1,616.91 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,880.72 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $2,042.41 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | COMM | $2,382.81 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,493.44 | ↓ -71% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $3,829.52 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NAP | $4,255.02 | ↓ -50% |
| City of Springfield | COMM | $5,531.53 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $6,637.83 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $6,978.23 | ↓ -18% |
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Computed tomographic angiography head and neck with contrast at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $783.90 | $293.28 – $2,351.70 |
| Roane County Medical Center | Harriman | $862.29 | $293.28 – $2,351.70 |
| Claiborne Medical Center | Tazewell | $731.64 | $293.28 – $2,351.70 |
| LeConte Medical Center | Sevierville | $757.77 | $293.28 – $2,351.70 |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center | Lenoir City | $862.29 | $293.28 – $2,351.70 |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $862.29 | $293.28 – $2,351.70 |
| Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge | Oak Ridge | $862.29 | $293.28 – $2,351.70 |
| Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. | Crossville | $836.16 | $293.28 – $2,351.70 |