Hla class ii 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.

$146.61 with Wellpoint vs $1,303.20 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 $146.61
BCBS NetworkP $156.22
Aetna NewBusiness $259.01
Aetna COMM $259.01
Alive Hospice MCR $325.80
Wellcare MCR $325.80
Devoted Health Plan MCR $325.80
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $325.80
Molina MCD $325.80
United AllPayerAppendix $325.80
United CorePayer $325.80
United HeritageSelect $325.80
United MASNP $325.80
Amerigroup MGMCR $325.80
Bright Health HIX $325.80
Bright Health SmallGroup $325.80
Healthspring DualEligible $325.80
Healthspring MCRHMO $325.80
Healthspring MCRPOS $325.80
Healthspring MCRPPO $325.80
Aetna MGMCRSNP $329.06
Aetna MGMCRPPO $329.06
Aetna MGMCRHMO $329.06
United MGMCR $332.32
Zing MGMCR $335.57
Ambetter Select $338.83
BCBS MCR $338.83
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $342.09
Evergreen HMO MCR $342.09
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $342.09
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $342.09
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $342.09
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $342.09
Ambetter CORE $351.87
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $358.38
Bright Health MCRNarrow $374.67
Wellcare MGMCD $430.06
Wellcare CHIP $430.06
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $469.15
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $478.93
Cigna NewBusiness $580.78
Cigna OAP $659.58
Oscar HIX $977.40
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $1,303.20
Humana HumanaChoice $1,303.20
Humana BroadNetwork $1,303.20
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $1,303.20

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Hla class ii high defin qual at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $453.92 $117.29 – $1,021.52
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $139.44 $127.87 – $651.60
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $78.49 – $1,021.52
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $78.49 – $1,021.52
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $78.49 – $1,021.52
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $127.87 – $1,021.52
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $234.33 – $1,021.52
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $127.87 – $977.40

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