CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (without contrast) 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

$9,495.37

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.

$9,495.37

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.

$313.62 with United vs $7,786.20 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
United AllPayerAppendix $313.62 ↓ -97%
United HeritageSelect $313.62 ↓ -97%
United CorePayer $313.62 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $323.56 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoice $323.56 ↓ -97%
Humana BroadNetwork $323.56 ↓ -97%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $323.56 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $459.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $459.25 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $664.68 ↓ -93%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $1,804.12 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $2,098.48 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $2,782.14 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $4,272.92 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $4,747.69 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $6,171.99 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $7,406.39 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $7,786.20 ↓ -18%

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (without contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,409.82 $101.11 – $562.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $607.40 $150.48 – $1,467.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1,414.50 $101.11 – $441.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $868.00 $150.48 – $1,467.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $531.75 $117.29 – $485.38
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,721.63 $101.11 – $562.76
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,721.63 $101.11 – $562.76
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,721.63 $137.64 – $562.76

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