Insitu hybridization auto 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

$2,291.12

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.

$2,291.12

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.

$84.11 with Aetna vs $1,878.72 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
Aetna COMM $84.11 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $84.11 ↓ -96%
Humana HumanaChoice $130.12 ↓ -94%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $130.12 ↓ -94%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $130.12 ↓ -94%
Humana BroadNetwork $130.12 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $132.77 ↓ -94%
Cigna OAP $150.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $173.26 ↓ -92%
Molina MCD $223.71 ↓ -90%
United CorePayer $291.26 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -87%
United HeritageSelect $291.26 ↓ -87%
Bright Health HIX $343.67 ↓ -85%
Oscar HIX $359.71 ↓ -84%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $435.31 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $442.19 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Select $458.22 ↓ -80%
Bright Health SmallGroup $481.14 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $506.34 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $671.30 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,031.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,145.56 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,489.23 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,787.07 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $1,878.72 ↓ -18%

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