Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) 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

$471.96

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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$471.96

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.

$10.00 with Wellpoint vs $387.01 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $10.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $17.67 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $17.67 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $22.23 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPPO $22.23 ↓ -95%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $22.23 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRPOS $22.23 ↓ -95%
Healthspring MCRHMO $22.23 ↓ -95%
Healthspring DualEligible $22.23 ↓ -95%
Bright Health HIX $22.23 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MCR $22.23 ↓ -95%
Alive Hospice MCR $22.23 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $22.23 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.23 ↓ -95%
United CorePayer $22.23 ↓ -95%
United HeritageSelect $22.23 ↓ -95%
United MASNP $22.23 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCR $22.23 ↓ -95%
Bright Health SmallGroup $22.23 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $22.45 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $22.45 ↓ -95%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $22.45 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $22.67 ↓ -95%
Zing MGMCR $22.90 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Select $23.12 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCR $23.12 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $23.34 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $23.34 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $23.34 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $23.34 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $23.34 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $23.34 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $24.01 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $24.45 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $25.56 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MGMCD $29.34 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $29.34 ↓ -94%
BCBS NetworkP $30.33 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $32.01 ↓ -93%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $32.68 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $39.80 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $45.20 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $66.69 ↓ -86%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $88.92 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoice $88.92 ↓ -81%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $88.92 ↓ -81%
Humana BroadNetwork $88.92 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $89.67 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $104.30 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $138.28 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $212.38 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $235.98 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $306.77 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $368.13 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $387.01 ↓ -18%

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Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $71.87 $8.00 – $85.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $35.82 $19.75 – $84.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $153.41 $19.34 – $44.46
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $51.19 $19.75 – $84.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $38.85 $11.12 – $48.46
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $71.87 $15.59 – $85.78
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $71.87 $15.59 – $85.78
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $71.87 $15.59 – $85.78

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