Growth stimulation gene 2 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.

$29.93 with BCBS vs $302.40 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
BCBS NetworkP $29.93
Wellpoint MGMCD $34.02
Aetna NewBusiness $60.10
Aetna COMM $60.10
Alive Hospice MCR $75.60
Wellcare MCR $75.60
Devoted Health Plan MCR $75.60
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $75.60
Molina MCD $75.60
United AllPayerAppendix $75.60
United CorePayer $75.60
United HeritageSelect $75.60
United MASNP $75.60
Amerigroup MGMCR $75.60
Bright Health HIX $75.60
Bright Health SmallGroup $75.60
Healthspring DualEligible $75.60
Healthspring MCRHMO $75.60
Healthspring MCRPOS $75.60
Healthspring MCRPPO $75.60
Aetna MGMCRSNP $76.36
Aetna MGMCRPPO $76.36
Aetna MGMCRHMO $76.36
United MGMCR $77.11
Zing MGMCR $77.87
Ambetter Select $78.62
BCBS MCR $78.62
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $79.38
Evergreen HMO MCR $79.38
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $79.38
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $79.38
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $79.38
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $79.38
Ambetter CORE $81.65
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $83.16
Bright Health MCRNarrow $86.94
Wellcare MGMCD $99.79
Wellcare CHIP $99.79
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $108.86
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $111.13
Cigna NewBusiness $134.96
Cigna OAP $153.27
Oscar HIX $226.80
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $302.40
Humana HumanaChoice $302.40
Humana BroadNetwork $302.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $302.40

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Growth stimulation gene 2 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $37.49 $14.97 – $163.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $38.40 $10.77 – $164.81
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $38.40 $17.96 – $181.44
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $38.40 $17.96 – $181.44
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $38.40 $14.97 – $164.81
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $24.32 – $237.02
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $14.82 – $237.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $14.82 – $237.02

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →