Infect ag if nos 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.

$7.25 with Wellpoint vs $64.40 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 $7.25
Aetna NewBusiness $12.80
Aetna COMM $12.80
BCBS NetworkP $15.62
Alive Hospice MCR $16.10
Wellcare MCR $16.10
Devoted Health Plan MCR $16.10
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $16.10
Molina MCD $16.10
United AllPayerAppendix $16.10
United CorePayer $16.10
United HeritageSelect $16.10
United MASNP $16.10
Amerigroup MGMCR $16.10
Bright Health HIX $16.10
Bright Health SmallGroup $16.10
Healthspring DualEligible $16.10
Healthspring MCRHMO $16.10
Healthspring MCRPOS $16.10
Healthspring MCRPPO $16.10
Aetna MGMCRSNP $16.26
Aetna MGMCRPPO $16.26
Aetna MGMCRHMO $16.26
United MGMCR $16.42
Zing MGMCR $16.58
Ambetter Select $16.74
BCBS MCR $16.74
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $16.91
Evergreen HMO MCR $16.91
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $16.91
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $16.91
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $16.91
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $16.91
Ambetter CORE $17.39
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $17.71
Bright Health MCRNarrow $18.52
Wellcare MGMCD $21.25
Wellcare CHIP $21.25
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $23.18
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $23.67
Cigna NewBusiness $28.84
Cigna OAP $32.75
Oscar HIX $48.30
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $64.40
Humana HumanaChoice $64.40
Humana BroadNetwork $64.40
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $64.40

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Infect ag if nos ea at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $133.80 $10.65 – $316.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $191.20 $10.65 – $316.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $20.10 $8.05 – $35.10
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $19.78 $8.50 – $35.37
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $20.10 $6.12 – $35.10
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $20.10 $8.05 – $38.64
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $20.10 $8.05 – $35.10
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $20.10 $8.05 – $38.64

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →