_fragile x methylation-sendout 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.

$20.20 with Wellpoint vs $179.56 with Humana — 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 $20.20
Aetna NewBusiness $35.69
Aetna COMM $35.69
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $44.89
Alive Hospice MCR $44.89
Wellcare MCR $44.89
Devoted Health Plan MCR $44.89
Molina MCD $44.89
United AllPayerAppendix $44.89
United CorePayer $44.89
United HeritageSelect $44.89
United MASNP $44.89
Amerigroup MGMCR $44.89
Bright Health HIX $44.89
Bright Health SmallGroup $44.89
Healthspring DualEligible $44.89
Healthspring MCRHMO $44.89
Healthspring MCRPOS $44.89
Healthspring MCRPPO $44.89
Aetna MGMCRPPO $45.34
Aetna MGMCRHMO $45.34
Aetna MGMCRSNP $45.34
United MGMCR $45.79
Zing MGMCR $46.24
Ambetter Select $46.69
BCBS MCR $46.69
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $47.13
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $47.13
Evergreen HMO MCR $47.13
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $47.13
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $47.13
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $47.13
Ambetter CORE $48.48
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $49.38
Bright Health MCRNarrow $51.62
Wellcare MGMCD $59.25
Wellcare CHIP $59.25
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $64.64
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $65.99
Cigna NewBusiness $80.18
Cigna OAP $91.06
BCBS NetworkP $123.00
Oscar HIX $134.67
Humana BroadNetwork $179.56
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $179.56
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $179.56
Humana HumanaChoice $179.56

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_fragile x methylation-sendout at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $53.28 $29.30 – $148.73
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $76.14 $29.30 – $148.73
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $96.75 $22.45 – $97.86
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $94.99 $22.45 – $98.88
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $96.75 $16.16 – $97.86
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $96.75 $22.45 – $107.74
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $96.75 $22.45 – $97.86
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $96.75 $22.45 – $107.74

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