Hands-On Manual Therapy (each 15 minutes) at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER

100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$21.01 with Molina vs $326.00 with Aetna — 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 $21.01 —
Healthspring MCRPOS $23.21 —
Healthspring MCRHMO $23.21 —
Healthspring DualEligible $23.21 —
Devoted Health Plan MCR $23.21 —
Wellpoint MGMCD $23.21 —
Alive Hospice MCR $23.21 —
Wellcare MCR $23.21 —
Healthspring MCRPPO $23.21 —
United MASNP $23.21 —
Amerigroup MGMCR $23.21 —
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $23.21 —
Aetna MGMCRHMO $23.45 —
Aetna MGMCRPPO $23.45 —
Aetna MGMCRSNP $23.45 —
United MGMCR $23.68 —
Zing MGMCR $23.91 —
BCBS MCR $24.14 —
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $24.37 —
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $24.37 —
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $24.37 —
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $24.37 —
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $24.37 —
Evergreen HMO MCR $24.37 —
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $25.54 —
Bright Health MCRNarrow $26.70 —
Wellcare CHIP $30.64 —
Wellcare MGMCD $30.64 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $33.43 —
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $34.12 —
Bright Health HIX $45.03 —
Oscar HIX $47.13 —
BCBS NetworkP $55.98 —
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $57.04 —
Ambetter CORE $57.94 —
Ambetter Select $60.04 —
Bright Health SmallGroup $63.04 —
United OptionsPPO $64.54 —
Cigna NewBusiness $75.65 —
Cigna OAP $85.85 —
Cigna PPO $87.96 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $135.09 —
Aetna NAP $150.09 —
City of Springfield COMM $195.12 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $234.15 —
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $246.16 —
Aetna NewBusiness $274.00 —
Aetna COMM $326.00 —

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Hands-On Manual Therapy (each 15 minutes) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $52.62 $19.99 – $65.46
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $82.59 $29.75 – $195.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $53.82 $17.58 – $19.99
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $118.02 $29.75 – $195.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $28.95 $23.19 – $57.51
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $54.83 $19.99 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $54.83 $19.99 – $65.46
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $52.62 $23.11 – $65.46

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