Immobilizer shldr dlx str 24-36in med 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.

$100.93 with Healthspring vs $148.37 with NovaNET — 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
Healthspring MCRHMO $100.93
Healthspring MCRPPO $100.93
Wellcare MCR $100.93
Devoted Health Plan MCR $100.93
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $100.93
United MASNP $100.93
Amerigroup MGMCR $100.93
Wellpoint MGMCD $100.93
Alive Hospice MCR $100.93
Healthspring DualEligible $100.93
Healthspring MCRPOS $100.93
Aetna MGMCRHMO $101.94
Aetna MGMCRPPO $101.94
Aetna MGMCRSNP $101.94
United MGMCR $102.95
Zing MGMCR $103.96
BCBS MCR $104.97
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $105.98
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $105.98
Evergreen HMO MCR $105.98
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $105.98
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $105.98
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $105.98
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $111.02
Bright Health MCRNarrow $116.07
Wellcare CHIP $133.23
Wellcare MGMCD $133.23
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $145.34
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $148.37

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Immobilizer shldr dlx str 24-36in med at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $24.86 $72.18 – $72.18
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $24.69 $72.18 – $72.18
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $24.68 $72.18 – $72.18
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $25.94 $72.18 – $72.18
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $12.45 $25.48 – $170.88
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $12.45 $25.48 – $170.88
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $12.45 $25.48 – $170.88
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $12.45 $25.48 – $170.88

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →