Concentration infection agents any type 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.

$3.01 with Wellpoint vs $107.33 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $3.01
Aetna NewBusiness $5.31
Aetna COMM $5.31
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.68
Healthspring MCRPPO $6.68
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.68
Healthspring MCRPOS $6.68
Healthspring MCRHMO $6.68
Healthspring DualEligible $6.68
Bright Health HIX $6.68
Wellcare MCR $6.68
Alive Hospice MCR $6.68
Molina MCD $6.68
United AllPayerAppendix $6.68
United CorePayer $6.68
United HeritageSelect $6.68
United MASNP $6.68
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.68
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.68
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.75
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.75
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.75
United MGMCR $6.81
Zing MGMCR $6.88
Ambetter Select $6.95
BCBS MCR $6.95
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.01
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.01
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.01
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.01
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.01
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.01
Ambetter CORE $7.22
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.35
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.68
Wellcare MGMCD $8.82
Wellcare CHIP $8.82
BCBS NetworkP $9.11
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.62
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $9.82
Cigna NewBusiness $12.12
Cigna OAP $13.76
Oscar HIX $20.04
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $24.87
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $26.72
Humana BroadNetwork $26.72
Humana HumanaChoice $26.72
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $26.72
United OptionsPPO $28.93
Cigna PPO $38.35
United GlobalBenefitPlan $58.90
Aetna NAP $65.44
City of Springfield COMM $85.08
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $102.09
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $107.33

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Concentration infection agents any type at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $59.24 $2.40 – $25.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $12.73 $5.94 – $30.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $7.82 $5.81 – $13.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $18.19 $5.94 – $30.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.85 $3.34 – $14.56
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $27.60 $4.68 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $27.60 $4.68 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $29.90 $4.68 – $25.96

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