Lo rig pos pnl l1-l5 pre ots 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.

$78.44 with Healthspring vs $115.31 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 $78.44
Healthspring MCRPPO $78.44
Wellcare MCR $78.44
Devoted Health Plan MCR $78.44
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $78.44
United MASNP $78.44
Amerigroup MGMCR $78.44
Wellpoint MGMCD $78.44
Alive Hospice MCR $78.44
Healthspring DualEligible $78.44
Healthspring MCRPOS $78.44
Aetna MGMCRHMO $79.22
Aetna MGMCRPPO $79.22
Aetna MGMCRSNP $79.22
United MGMCR $80.01
Zing MGMCR $80.79
BCBS MCR $81.58
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $82.36
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $82.36
Evergreen HMO MCR $82.36
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $82.36
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $82.36
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $82.36
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $86.28
Bright Health MCRNarrow $90.21
Wellcare CHIP $103.54
Wellcare MGMCD $103.54
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $112.95
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $115.31

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Lo rig pos pnl l1-l5 pre ots at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $34.86 $34.43 – $34.43
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $60.55 – $89.01
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $58.73 – $89.01
HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER DICKSON not published $54.49 – $89.01
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE not published $43.60 – $89.01
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER ANTIOCH not published $43.60 – $89.01
STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER Smyrna not published $54.49 – $89.01
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET not published $54.49 – $89.01

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