Hepatobiliary system imaging 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

$2,307.86

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.

$2,307.86

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.

$136.04 with Humana vs $1,892.45 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
Humana BroadNetwork $136.04 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoice $136.04 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $136.04 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $136.04 ↓ -94%
Molina MCD $161.55 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $264.74 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $437.71 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $437.71 ↓ -81%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $438.49 ↓ -81%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -80%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $510.04 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $676.20 ↓ -71%
Cigna NewBusiness $816.37 ↓ -65%
Cigna OAP $927.29 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,038.54 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,153.93 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,500.11 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,800.13 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,892.45 ↓ -18%

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Hepatobiliary system imaging at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $647.19 $213.75 – $811.16
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $823.18 $243.51 – $1,946.70
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $507.38 $213.75 – $733.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,176.37 $243.51 – $1,946.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $247.95 – $813.24
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $906.38 $145.21 – $811.16
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $906.38 $145.21 – $811.16
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $906.36 $145.21 – $811.16

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →