Graft sft tiss grafix amnio prime 3x4cm 12sqcm-q4133-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

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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.

$175.66 with Cigna vs $2,440.32 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
Cigna NewBusiness $175.66
Cigna OAP $199.74
Molina MCD $208.32
United HeritageSelect $336.92
United AllPayerAppendix $336.92
United CorePayer $336.92
Aetna MGMCRHMO $446.40
Aetna MGMCRSNP $446.40
Aetna MGMCRPPO $446.40
United OptionsPPO $657.70
BCBS NetworkP $744.00
Cigna PPO $871.97
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,339.20
Aetna NAP $1,488.00
City of Springfield COMM $1,934.40
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,321.28
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,440.32

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Graft sft tiss grafix amnio prime 3x4cm 12sqcm-q4133-cost per sq cm at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $440.90 $172.83 – $290.74
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $330.93 $61.80 – $309.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $472.92 $64.89 – $309.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $1,520.10 $1.00 – $253.15
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $433.50 $61.98 – $290.74
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $441.84 $61.98 – $290.74
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $543.99 $61.98 – $290.74
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $635.07 $172.83 – $290.74

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