Drsg oasis fen mesh thick 3x7cm 21sqcm -cost per sq cm 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

$320.00

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.

$320.00

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.

$14.62 with Cigna vs $336.92 with United — 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
Cigna NewBusiness $14.62 ↓ -95%
Cigna OAP $16.62 ↓ -95%
Molina MCD $22.40 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $48.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $48.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $48.00 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $70.72 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $80.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $93.76 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $144.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $160.00 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $208.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $249.60 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $262.40 ↓ -18%
United HeritageSelect $336.92 ↑ +5%
United CorePayer $336.92 ↑ +5%
United AllPayerAppendix $336.92 ↑ +5%

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Drsg oasis fen mesh thick 3x7cm 21sqcm -cost per sq cm at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $156.29 $5.20 – $20.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $223.35 $5.46 – $20.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $31.34 $13.84 – $20.55
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $546.06 $13.66 – $1,638.18
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $600.67 $112.91 – $1,638.18
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown $546.06 $112.91 – $1,638.18
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $14.62 – $336.92
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $14.62 – $336.92

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