Mayo avwpr vw factor activity 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.

$13.89 with Wellpoint vs $123.44 with Humana — 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 $13.89
Aetna NewBusiness $24.54
Aetna COMM $24.54
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $30.86
Alive Hospice MCR $30.86
Wellcare MCR $30.86
Devoted Health Plan MCR $30.86
Molina MCD $30.86
United AllPayerAppendix $30.86
United CorePayer $30.86
United HeritageSelect $30.86
United MASNP $30.86
Amerigroup MGMCR $30.86
Bright Health HIX $30.86
Bright Health SmallGroup $30.86
Healthspring DualEligible $30.86
Healthspring MCRHMO $30.86
Healthspring MCRPOS $30.86
Healthspring MCRPPO $30.86
Aetna MGMCRHMO $31.17
Aetna MGMCRSNP $31.17
Aetna MGMCRPPO $31.17
BCBS NetworkP $31.30
United MGMCR $31.48
Zing MGMCR $31.79
Ambetter Select $32.09
BCBS MCR $32.09
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $32.40
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $32.40
Evergreen HMO MCR $32.40
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $32.40
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $32.40
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $32.40
Ambetter CORE $33.33
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $33.95
Bright Health MCRNarrow $35.49
Wellcare CHIP $40.74
Wellcare MGMCD $40.74
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $44.44
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $45.36
Cigna NewBusiness $54.78
Cigna OAP $62.22
Oscar HIX $92.58
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $123.44
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $123.44
Humana BroadNetwork $123.44
Humana HumanaChoice $123.44

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Mayo avwpr vw factor activity at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $26.00 $11.11 – $97.06
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $164.88 $20.38 – $389.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $235.62 $20.38 – $389.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $40.20 $15.43 – $67.27
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $26.00 $16.09 – $97.06
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $26.00 $16.09 – $97.06
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $26.00 $16.09 – $97.06
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $26.00 $27.23 – $97.06

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