CT Angiogram of the Chest (for blood clot) 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

$4,608.67

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.

$4,608.67

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.

$322.61 with Molina vs $3,779.11 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 $322.61 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoice $338.32 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $338.32 ↓ -93%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $338.32 ↓ -93%
Humana BroadNetwork $338.32 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $341.20 ↓ -93%
United HeritageSelect $341.20 ↓ -93%
United CorePayer $341.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $459.25 ↓ -90%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $875.65 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,018.52 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $1,350.34 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,073.90 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $2,304.34 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $2,995.64 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,594.76 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $3,779.11 ↓ -18%

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CT Angiogram of the Chest (for blood clot) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $868.77 $153.44 – $775.87
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,659.08 $184.04 – $3,923.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1,015.91 $141.42 – $325.10
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,370.92 $184.04 – $3,923.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $587.70 $163.67 – $501.36
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,211.85 $151.23 – $775.87
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,211.85 $151.23 – $775.87
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,154.13 $151.23 – $775.87

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