Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins 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

$132.39

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.

$132.39

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.

$9.27 with Molina vs $108.56 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
Molina MCD $9.27 ↓ -93%
Bright Health HIX $19.86 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $20.79 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $25.15 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $25.55 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $26.48 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $27.80 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $29.26 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $31.77 ↓ -76%
Cigna NewBusiness $33.36 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $37.07 ↓ -72%
Cigna OAP $37.86 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $38.79 ↓ -71%
BCBS NetworkP $54.48 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $59.58 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $66.19 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $86.05 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $103.26 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $108.56 ↓ -18%

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Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $30.33 $22.97 – $60.65
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $27.14 $22.97 – $54.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $36.39 $10.48 – $60.65
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $36.39 $10.48 – $60.65
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $36.39 $10.48 – $60.65
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $36.39 $22.97 – $60.65
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $24.78 $22.97 – $54.56
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $22.60 $23.66 – $54.40

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →