Heparin-protamine tolerance 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.

$5.89 with Wellpoint vs $52.36 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 $5.89
Aetna NewBusiness $10.41
Aetna COMM $10.41
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $13.09
Alive Hospice MCR $13.09
Wellcare MCR $13.09
Devoted Health Plan MCR $13.09
Molina MCD $13.09
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09
United CorePayer $13.09
United HeritageSelect $13.09
United MASNP $13.09
Amerigroup MGMCR $13.09
Bright Health HIX $13.09
Bright Health SmallGroup $13.09
Healthspring DualEligible $13.09
Healthspring MCRHMO $13.09
Healthspring MCRPOS $13.09
Healthspring MCRPPO $13.09
Aetna MGMCRPPO $13.22
Aetna MGMCRHMO $13.22
Aetna MGMCRSNP $13.22
United MGMCR $13.35
Zing MGMCR $13.48
Ambetter Select $13.61
BCBS MCR $13.61
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $13.74
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $13.74
Evergreen HMO MCR $13.74
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $13.74
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $13.74
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $13.74
Ambetter CORE $14.14
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $14.40
Bright Health MCRNarrow $15.05
Wellcare MGMCD $17.28
Wellcare CHIP $17.28
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $18.85
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $19.24
BCBS NetworkP $19.34
Cigna NewBusiness $23.06
Cigna OAP $26.19
Oscar HIX $39.27
Humana BroadNetwork $52.36
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $52.36
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $52.36
Humana HumanaChoice $52.36

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Heparin-protamine tolerance at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $4.71 – $50.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $9.94 – $50.81
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $9.94 – $50.81
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $9.94 – $52.91
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $11.78 – $50.81
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $11.78 – $50.81
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $5.89 – $39.27
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $5.89 – $39.27

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