Magnesium 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.

$3.02 with Wellpoint vs $118.70 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 $3.02
Aetna NewBusiness $5.33
Aetna COMM $5.33
Devoted Health Plan MCR $6.70
Healthspring MCRPPO $6.70
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $6.70
Healthspring MCRPOS $6.70
Healthspring MCRHMO $6.70
Healthspring DualEligible $6.70
Bright Health HIX $6.70
Wellcare MCR $6.70
Alive Hospice MCR $6.70
Molina MCD $6.70
United AllPayerAppendix $6.70
United CorePayer $6.70
United HeritageSelect $6.70
United MASNP $6.70
Amerigroup MGMCR $6.70
Bright Health SmallGroup $6.70
Aetna MGMCRPPO $6.77
Aetna MGMCRSNP $6.77
Aetna MGMCRHMO $6.77
United MGMCR $6.83
Zing MGMCR $6.90
Ambetter Select $6.97
BCBS MCR $6.97
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $7.04
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $7.04
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $7.04
Evergreen HMO MCR $7.04
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $7.04
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $7.04
Ambetter CORE $7.23
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $7.37
Bright Health MCRNarrow $7.70
Wellcare MGMCD $8.84
Wellcare CHIP $8.84
BCBS NetworkP $9.14
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9.65
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $9.85
Cigna NewBusiness $12.12
Cigna OAP $13.76
Oscar HIX $20.10
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $26.80
Humana HumanaChoice $26.80
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $26.80
Humana BroadNetwork $26.80
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $27.50
United OptionsPPO $31.99
Cigna PPO $42.41
United GlobalBenefitPlan $65.14
Aetna NAP $72.38
City of Springfield COMM $94.09
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $112.91
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $118.70

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Magnesium at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $73.44 $2.41 – $25.96
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $15.40 $5.95 – $36.40
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $39.56 $5.83 – $13.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $22.00 $5.95 – $36.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.85 $2.31 – $14.61
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $73.44 $4.70 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $73.44 $4.70 – $25.96
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $73.44 $4.70 – $25.96

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