Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184
$648.32
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.
$648.32
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.
$33.62 with BCBS vs $531.62 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.
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 | $33.62 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | MCD | $45.38 | ↓ -93% |
| Bright Health | HIX | $97.25 | ↓ -85% |
| Oscar | HIX | $101.79 | ↓ -84% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $123.18 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $125.13 | ↓ -81% |
| Ambetter | Select | $129.66 | ↓ -80% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $136.15 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $143.28 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $155.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $163.38 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | COMM | $181.53 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | OAP | $185.42 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | PPO | $189.96 | ↓ -71% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $291.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NAP | $324.16 | ↓ -50% |
| City of Springfield | COMM | $421.41 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $505.69 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $531.62 | ↓ -18% |
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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $130.50 | $16.28 – $272.71 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $116.63 | $24.23 – $275.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $166.67 | $24.23 – $275.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $34.80 | $18.88 – $445.45 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $60.74 | $14.86 – $268.77 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $128.94 | $14.86 – $268.77 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $128.94 | $14.86 – $268.77 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $130.50 | $16.28 – $272.71 |