Hla class i high defin qual 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.

$145.69 with Wellpoint vs $1,295.00 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 $145.69
BCBS NetworkP $171.84
Aetna NewBusiness $257.38
Aetna COMM $257.38
Alive Hospice MCR $323.75
Wellcare MCR $323.75
Devoted Health Plan MCR $323.75
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $323.75
Molina MCD $323.75
United AllPayerAppendix $323.75
United CorePayer $323.75
United HeritageSelect $323.75
United MASNP $323.75
Amerigroup MGMCR $323.75
Bright Health HIX $323.75
Bright Health SmallGroup $323.75
Healthspring DualEligible $323.75
Healthspring MCRHMO $323.75
Healthspring MCRPOS $323.75
Healthspring MCRPPO $323.75
Aetna MGMCRSNP $326.99
Aetna MGMCRPPO $326.99
Aetna MGMCRHMO $326.99
United MGMCR $330.23
Zing MGMCR $333.46
Ambetter Select $336.70
BCBS MCR $336.70
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $339.94
Evergreen HMO MCR $339.94
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $339.94
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $339.94
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $339.94
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $339.94
Ambetter CORE $349.65
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $356.13
Bright Health MCRNarrow $372.31
Wellcare MGMCD $427.35
Wellcare CHIP $427.35
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $466.20
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $475.91
Cigna NewBusiness $577.32
Cigna OAP $655.65
Oscar HIX $971.25
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $1,295.00
Humana HumanaChoice $1,295.00
Humana BroadNetwork $1,295.00
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $1,295.00

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Hla class i high defin qual at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $489.83 $116.55 – $1,014.77
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $139.44 $140.67 – $647.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $86.33 – $1,014.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $86.33 – $1,014.77
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $86.33 – $1,014.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $140.67 – $1,014.77
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $257.76 – $1,014.77
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $140.67 – $971.25

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