Diagnostic Mammogram (one breast) 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

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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.

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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.

$48.63 with Molina vs $569.66 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 $48.63
Wellcare MCR $78.21
Alive Hospice MCR $78.21
Devoted Health Plan MCR $78.21
Healthspring MCRPPO $78.21
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $78.21
Healthspring MCRPOS $78.21
Healthspring MCRHMO $78.21
Healthspring DualEligible $78.21
Wellpoint MGMCD $78.21
Amerigroup MGMCR $78.21
United MASNP $78.21
Aetna MGMCRHMO $78.99
Aetna MGMCRPPO $78.99
Aetna MGMCRSNP $78.99
United MGMCR $79.77
Zing MGMCR $80.56
BCBS MCR $81.34
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $82.12
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $82.12
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $82.12
Evergreen HMO MCR $82.12
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $82.12
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $82.12
BCBS NetworkP $83.75
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $86.03
Bright Health MCRNarrow $89.94
Wellcare MGMCD $103.24
Wellcare CHIP $103.24
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $112.62
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $114.97
United HeritageSelect $129.76
United AllPayerAppendix $129.76
United CorePayer $129.76
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $131.99
Humana HumanaChoice $150.64
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $150.64
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $150.64
Humana BroadNetwork $150.64
United OptionsPPO $153.53
Aetna COMM $173.45
Aetna NewBusiness $173.45
Cigna PPO $203.55
Cigna NewBusiness $279.68
United GlobalBenefitPlan $312.62
Cigna OAP $317.68
Aetna NAP $347.36
City of Springfield COMM $451.56
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $541.87
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $569.66

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Diagnostic Mammogram (one breast) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $215.58 $68.40 – $249.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $97.68 $62.74 – $231.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $126.50 $69.43 – $103.86
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $139.59 $62.74 – $231.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $74.10 $59.44 – $170.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $215.58 $68.40 – $249.90
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $215.58 $68.40 – $249.90
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $215.58 $68.40 – $249.90

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →