Hla i typing complete lr 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.

$181.62 with Wellpoint vs $1,614.36 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 $181.62
BCBS NetworkP $301.36
Aetna NewBusiness $320.85
Aetna COMM $320.85
Alive Hospice MCR $403.59
Wellcare MCR $403.59
Devoted Health Plan MCR $403.59
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $403.59
Molina MCD $403.59
United AllPayerAppendix $403.59
United CorePayer $403.59
United HeritageSelect $403.59
United MASNP $403.59
Amerigroup MGMCR $403.59
Bright Health HIX $403.59
Bright Health SmallGroup $403.59
Healthspring DualEligible $403.59
Healthspring MCRHMO $403.59
Healthspring MCRPOS $403.59
Healthspring MCRPPO $403.59
Aetna MGMCRSNP $407.63
Aetna MGMCRPPO $407.63
Aetna MGMCRHMO $407.63
United MGMCR $411.66
Zing MGMCR $415.70
Ambetter Select $419.73
BCBS MCR $419.73
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $423.77
Evergreen HMO MCR $423.77
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $423.77
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $423.77
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $423.77
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $423.77
Ambetter CORE $435.88
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $443.95
Bright Health MCRNarrow $464.13
Wellcare MGMCD $532.74
Wellcare CHIP $532.74
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $581.17
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $593.28
Cigna NewBusiness $719.78
Cigna OAP $817.44
Oscar HIX $1,210.77
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $1,614.36
Humana HumanaChoice $1,614.36
Humana BroadNetwork $1,614.36
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $1,614.36

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Hla i typing complete lr at other Tennessee hospitals

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CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $573.36 $98.40 – $1,355.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $819.36 $98.40 – $1,355.90
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Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $983.70 $115.92 – $968.62
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