Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$820.16

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.

$820.16

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.

$4.21 with Wellpoint vs $672.53 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 $4.21 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $7.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.44 ↓ -99%
BCBS NetworkP $9.05 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPPO $9.36 ↓ -99%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $9.36 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRPOS $9.36 ↓ -99%
Healthspring MCRHMO $9.36 ↓ -99%
Healthspring DualEligible $9.36 ↓ -99%
Bright Health HIX $9.36 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MCR $9.36 ↓ -99%
Alive Hospice MCR $9.36 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $9.36 ↓ -99%
Molina MCD $9.36 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.36 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $9.36 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $9.36 ↓ -99%
United MASNP $9.36 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -99%
Bright Health SmallGroup $9.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $9.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $9.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $9.45 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.55 ↓ -99%
Zing MGMCR $9.64 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCR $9.73 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Select $9.73 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $9.83 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $9.83 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $9.83 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $9.83 ↓ -99%
Evergreen HMO MCR $9.83 ↓ -99%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $9.83 ↓ -99%
Ambetter CORE $10.11 ↓ -99%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $10.30 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $10.76 ↓ -99%
Wellcare MGMCD $12.36 ↓ -98%
Wellcare CHIP $12.36 ↓ -98%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13.48 ↓ -98%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $13.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $16.72 ↓ -98%
Cigna OAP $18.98 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $28.08 ↓ -97%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $37.44 ↓ -95%
Humana HumanaChoice $37.44 ↓ -95%
Humana BroadNetwork $37.44 ↓ -95%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $37.44 ↓ -95%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $155.83 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $181.26 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $240.31 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $369.07 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $410.08 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $533.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $639.72 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $672.53 ↓ -18%

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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.70 $4.68 – $20.40
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $48.35 $4.65 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $48.35 $4.65 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $48.35 $4.65 – $29.34
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $48.35 $8.42 – $29.34
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $11.27 $4.70 – $20.93
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $11.70 $3.38 – $20.40
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $11.70 $4.68 – $22.46

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →