Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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.

$17.50 with Molina vs $205.00 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
Molina MCD $17.50
Bright Health HIX $37.50
Oscar HIX $39.25
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $47.50
Ambetter CORE $48.25
Ambetter Select $50.00
Bright Health SmallGroup $52.50
United OptionsPPO $55.25
Aetna NewBusiness $60.00
BCBS NetworkP $62.50
Cigna NewBusiness $63.00
Aetna COMM $70.00
Cigna OAP $71.50
Cigna PPO $73.25
United GlobalBenefitPlan $112.50
Aetna NAP $125.00
United AllPayerAppendix $126.78
United HeritageSelect $126.78
United CorePayer $126.78
City of Springfield COMM $162.50
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $195.00
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $205.00

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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $36.92 $12.81 – $95.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $136.76 $19.07 – $323.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $63.71 $12.81 – $84.26
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $195.43 $19.07 – $323.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $27.60 $14.70 – $650.62
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $69.24 $12.41 – $87.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $36.93 $12.41 – $87.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $71.96 $12.41 – $87.00

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