Graft fish skin 16mm round marigen 2units-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

$2,052.00

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.

$2,052.00

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.

$143.64 with Molina vs $1,682.64 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 $143.64 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $216.07 ↓ -89%
Cigna OAP $245.69 ↓ -88%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $307.80 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $307.80 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $307.80 ↓ -85%
United HeritageSelect $336.92 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $336.92 ↓ -84%
United CorePayer $336.92 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $453.49 ↓ -78%
BCBS NetworkP $513.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna PPO $601.24 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $923.40 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,026.00 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,333.80 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,600.56 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,682.64 ↓ -18%

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Graft fish skin 16mm round marigen 2units-cost per sq cm at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $6,208.60 $1.00 – $253.15
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $132.26 $116.21 – $426.80
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $148.74 $116.21 – $457.18
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $152.31 $82.17 – $426.80
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $9,519.85 $1.00 – $1.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $6,208.60 $1.00 – $253.15
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $6,208.60 $1.00 – $257.36
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $6,208.60 $0.88 – $246.32

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