Contrast x-ray of elbow at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184
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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
$65.44 with BCBS vs $616.10 with United — 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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| BCBS | NetworkP | $65.44 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $106.56 | — |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $106.56 | — |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $106.56 | — |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $106.56 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $157.50 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $157.50 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $231.03 | — |
| Cigna | OAP | $262.42 | — |
| United | HeritageSelect | $616.10 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $616.10 | — |
| United | CorePayer | $616.10 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast x-ray of elbow at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $205.79 | $59.47 – $610.96 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $182.55 | $68.99 – $709.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $205.79 | $59.47 – $610.96 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $182.55 | $68.99 – $709.70 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $182.55 | $68.99 – $794.30 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $182.55 | $83.85 – $690.54 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $182.55 | $68.99 – $794.30 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $182.55 | $68.99 – $759.66 |