Elec stim unattend for press 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.

$9.72 with Healthspring vs $23.20 with BCBS — 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
Healthspring DualEligible $9.72
Wellcare MCR $9.72
Alive Hospice MCR $9.72
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.72
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.72
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.72
Wellpoint MGMCD $9.72
Healthspring MCRPPO $9.72
Healthspring MCRPOS $9.72
Healthspring MCRHMO $9.72
United MASNP $9.72
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.82
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.82
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.82
United MGMCR $9.92
Zing MGMCR $10.02
BCBS MCR $10.11
Evergreen HMO MCR $10.21
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $10.21
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $10.21
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $10.21
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $10.21
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $10.21
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.70
Bright Health MCRNarrow $11.18
Wellcare CHIP $12.84
Wellcare MGMCD $12.84
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.00
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $14.29
BCBS NetworkP $23.20

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Elec stim unattend for press at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $23.85 $11.05 – $241.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $43.59 $10.42 – $30.06
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $23.85 $10.28 – $261.60
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $23.85 $10.28 – $245.33
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $23.85 $10.39 – $261.60
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $23.85 $10.28 – $245.33
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $23.85 $11.05 – $230.20
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $23.85 $10.28 – $269.71

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →