Iopamidol 250 mg iodine/ml (51 %) intravenous solution 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

$125.59

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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.

$125.59

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.

$0.43 with Cigna vs $102.98 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
Cigna NewBusiness $0.43 ↓ -100%
Cigna OAP $0.49 ↓ -100%
BCBS NetworkP $0.49 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.06 ↓ -99%
United HeritageSelect $1.06 ↓ -99%
United CorePayer $1.06 ↓ -99%
Molina MCD $8.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $18.84 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $18.84 ↓ -85%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $18.84 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $27.76 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $36.80 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $56.52 ↓ -55%
City of Springfield COMM $81.63 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $97.96 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $102.98 ↓ -18%

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Iopamidol 250 mg iodine/ml (51 %) intravenous solution at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $64.69 $0.38 – $0.52
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $45.83 $1.14 – $71.17
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $9.32 $0.43 – $15.21
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $70.27 $1.14 – $93.79
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $45.83 $1.14 – $93.79
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $45.83 $1.14 – $93.79
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $45.83 $1.14 – $55.88
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $59.06 $0.38 – $0.52

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