#covid19rsv-rsv 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.

$31.59 with Wellpoint vs $280.80 with Humana — 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 $31.59
Aetna NewBusiness $55.81
Aetna COMM $55.81
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $70.20
Alive Hospice MCR $70.20
Wellcare MCR $70.20
Devoted Health Plan MCR $70.20
Molina MCD $70.20
United AllPayerAppendix $70.20
United CorePayer $70.20
United HeritageSelect $70.20
United MASNP $70.20
Amerigroup MGMCR $70.20
Bright Health HIX $70.20
Bright Health SmallGroup $70.20
Healthspring DualEligible $70.20
Healthspring MCRHMO $70.20
Healthspring MCRPOS $70.20
Healthspring MCRPPO $70.20
Aetna MGMCRPPO $70.90
Aetna MGMCRHMO $70.90
Aetna MGMCRSNP $70.90
United MGMCR $71.60
Zing MGMCR $72.31
Ambetter Select $73.01
BCBS MCR $73.01
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $73.71
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $73.71
Evergreen HMO MCR $73.71
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $73.71
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $73.71
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $73.71
Ambetter CORE $75.81
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $77.22
Bright Health MCRNarrow $80.73
BCBS NetworkP $86.66
Wellcare MGMCD $92.66
Wellcare CHIP $92.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $101.09
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $103.19
Cigna NewBusiness $125.15
Cigna OAP $142.13
Oscar HIX $210.60
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $280.80
Humana HumanaChoice $280.80
Humana BroadNetwork $280.80
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $280.80

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#covid19rsv-rsv at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $36.36 $25.27 – $272.03
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $91.47 $56.57 – $216.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $130.71 $56.57 – $216.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $111.15 $35.10 – $153.04
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $36.36 $63.02 – $272.03
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $36.36 $63.02 – $272.03
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $36.36 $63.02 – $272.03
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $36.36 $63.02 – $272.03

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →