Macroscopic exam parasite 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

$44.28

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.

$44.28

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.

$1.94 with Wellpoint vs $36.31 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $1.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $3.42 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $3.42 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $4.31 ↓ -90%
Healthspring MCRPPO $4.31 ↓ -90%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $4.31 ↓ -90%
Healthspring MCRPOS $4.31 ↓ -90%
Healthspring MCRHMO $4.31 ↓ -90%
Healthspring DualEligible $4.31 ↓ -90%
Bright Health HIX $4.31 ↓ -90%
Wellcare MCR $4.31 ↓ -90%
Alive Hospice MCR $4.31 ↓ -90%
Molina MCD $4.31 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.31 ↓ -90%
United CorePayer $4.31 ↓ -90%
United HeritageSelect $4.31 ↓ -90%
United MASNP $4.31 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCR $4.31 ↓ -90%
Bright Health SmallGroup $4.31 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $4.35 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $4.35 ↓ -90%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $4.35 ↓ -90%
United MGMCR $4.40 ↓ -90%
Zing MGMCR $4.44 ↓ -90%
BCBS MCR $4.48 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Select $4.49 ↓ -90%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $4.53 ↓ -90%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $4.53 ↓ -90%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $4.53 ↓ -90%
Evergreen HMO MCR $4.53 ↓ -90%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $4.53 ↓ -90%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $4.53 ↓ -90%
Ambetter CORE $4.66 ↓ -89%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $4.74 ↓ -89%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.96 ↓ -89%
BCBS NetworkP $5.61 ↓ -87%
Wellcare MGMCD $5.69 ↓ -87%
Wellcare CHIP $5.69 ↓ -87%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6.21 ↓ -86%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $6.34 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $7.50 ↓ -83%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $8.41 ↓ -81%
Cigna OAP $8.52 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $9.79 ↓ -78%
Oscar HIX $12.93 ↓ -71%
Cigna PPO $12.97 ↓ -71%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $17.24 ↓ -61%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $17.24 ↓ -61%
Humana HumanaChoice $17.24 ↓ -61%
Humana BroadNetwork $17.24 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $19.93 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $22.14 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $28.78 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $34.54 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $36.31 ↓ -18%

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Macroscopic exam parasite at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $3.66 $1.55 – $16.95
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $5.04 $3.79 – $11.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $7.20 $3.57 – $11.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $7.20 $2.16 – $10.33
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $3.66 $3.00 – $16.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $3.66 $3.00 – $16.95
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $3.66 $3.00 – $16.95
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $3.66 $3.88 – $16.95

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