I-123 sod iodide diag per 100 uci 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

$383.95

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.

$383.95

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.

$26.88 with Molina vs $320.41 with United — 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 $26.88 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $57.59 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $57.59 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $57.59 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $60.28 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $72.95 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $84.85 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $112.50 ↓ -71%
BCBS NetworkP $115.01 ↓ -70%
Cigna NewBusiness $121.21 ↓ -68%
Cigna OAP $137.83 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $172.78 ↓ -55%
City of Springfield COMM $249.57 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $299.48 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $314.84 ↓ -18%
United HeritageSelect $320.41 ↓ -17%
United CorePayer $320.41 ↓ -17%
United AllPayerAppendix $320.41 ↓ -17%

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I-123 sod iodide diag per 100 uci at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $279.36 $140.10 – $456.29
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $42.63 $28.80 – $144.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $60.71 $95.45 – $118.28
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $60.92 $30.24 – $144.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $48.00 $75.00 – $190.71
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $251.54 $140.10 – $188.13
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $251.54 $140.10 – $188.13
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $251.54 $140.10 – $188.13

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →