Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) 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

$843.88

Cash price

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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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$843.88

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.

$59.07 with Molina vs $691.98 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 $59.07 ↓ -93%
Wellcare MCR $100.25 ↓ -88%
Alive Hospice MCR $100.25 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $100.25 ↓ -88%
Healthspring MCRPPO $100.25 ↓ -88%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $100.25 ↓ -88%
Healthspring MCRPOS $100.25 ↓ -88%
Healthspring MCRHMO $100.25 ↓ -88%
Healthspring DualEligible $100.25 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint MGMCD $100.25 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MGMCR $100.25 ↓ -88%
United MASNP $100.25 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $101.25 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $101.25 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $101.25 ↓ -88%
United MGMCR $102.25 ↓ -88%
Zing MGMCR $103.26 ↓ -88%
BCBS MCR $104.26 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $105.26 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $105.26 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $105.26 ↓ -88%
Evergreen HMO MCR $105.26 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $105.26 ↓ -88%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $105.26 ↓ -88%
BCBS NetworkP $107.17 ↓ -87%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $110.28 ↓ -87%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $115.29 ↓ -86%
Wellcare MGMCD $132.33 ↓ -84%
Wellcare CHIP $132.33 ↓ -84%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $144.36 ↓ -83%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $147.37 ↓ -83%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $160.34 ↓ -81%
United HeritageSelect $165.73 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $165.73 ↓ -80%
United CorePayer $165.73 ↓ -80%
Humana HumanaChoice $186.28 ↓ -78%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $186.28 ↓ -78%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $186.28 ↓ -78%
Humana BroadNetwork $186.28 ↓ -78%
United OptionsPPO $186.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMM $219.50 ↓ -74%
Aetna NewBusiness $219.50 ↓ -74%
Cigna PPO $247.26 ↓ -71%
Cigna NewBusiness $356.44 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $379.75 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $404.87 ↓ -52%
Aetna NAP $421.94 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $548.52 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $658.23 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $691.98 ↓ -18%

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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $244.26 $87.17 – $319.26
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $126.99 $80.13 – $300.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $165.60 $88.85 – $131.44
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $181.47 $80.13 – $300.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $85.50 $59.44 – $218.55
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $244.26 $87.17 – $319.26
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $244.26 $87.17 – $319.26
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $244.26 $87.17 – $319.26

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