Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 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.

$89.95 with Molina vs $1,053.70 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 $89.95
Bright Health HIX $192.75
Oscar HIX $201.75
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $244.15
Ambetter CORE $248.00
Ambetter Select $257.00
Bright Health SmallGroup $269.85
United OptionsPPO $283.99
Aetna NewBusiness $308.40
BCBS NetworkP $321.25
Cigna NewBusiness $323.82
Aetna COMM $359.80
Cigna OAP $367.51
Cigna PPO $376.50
United HeritageSelect $575.87
United AllPayerAppendix $575.87
United CorePayer $575.87
United GlobalBenefitPlan $578.25
Aetna NAP $642.50
City of Springfield COMM $835.25
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,002.30
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,053.70

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $148.43 $43.83 – $282.49
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $225.56 $65.23 – $533.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $184.00 $43.83 – $384.78
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $322.33 $65.23 – $533.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $79.95 $50.31 – $432.69
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $148.43 $36.35 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $201.53 $36.35 – $278.42
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $209.42 $36.35 – $278.42

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