Hla i typing low res one locus ea 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.

$57.34 with Wellpoint vs $509.72 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 $57.34
Aetna NewBusiness $101.30
Aetna COMM $101.30
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $127.43
Alive Hospice MCR $127.43
Wellcare MCR $127.43
Devoted Health Plan MCR $127.43
Molina MCD $127.43
United AllPayerAppendix $127.43
United CorePayer $127.43
United HeritageSelect $127.43
United MASNP $127.43
Amerigroup MGMCR $127.43
Bright Health HIX $127.43
Bright Health SmallGroup $127.43
Healthspring DualEligible $127.43
Healthspring MCRHMO $127.43
Healthspring MCRPOS $127.43
Healthspring MCRPPO $127.43
Aetna MGMCRPPO $128.70
Aetna MGMCRHMO $128.70
Aetna MGMCRSNP $128.70
United MGMCR $129.98
Zing MGMCR $131.25
Ambetter Select $132.53
BCBS MCR $132.53
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $133.80
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $133.80
Evergreen HMO MCR $133.80
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $133.80
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $133.80
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $133.80
Ambetter CORE $137.63
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $140.17
Bright Health MCRNarrow $146.54
BCBS NetworkP $151.93
Wellcare MGMCD $168.21
Wellcare CHIP $168.21
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $183.50
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $187.32
Cigna NewBusiness $227.24
Cigna OAP $258.07
Oscar HIX $382.29
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $509.72
Humana HumanaChoice $509.72
Humana BroadNetwork $509.72
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $509.72

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Hla i typing low res one locus ea at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $906.65 $98.40 – $2,144.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $52.21 $99.93 – $254.86
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,295.65 $98.40 – $2,144.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $195.00 $45.56 – $277.80
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $191.59 $50.92 – $280.77
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $195.00 $49.44 – $277.80
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $195.00 $46.32 – $305.83
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $195.00 $49.44 – $277.80

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