Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide 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.

$14.09 with BCBS vs $141.32 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
BCBS NetworkP $14.09
Wellpoint MGMCD $15.90
Aetna NewBusiness $28.09
Aetna COMM $28.09
Alive Hospice MCR $35.33
Wellcare MCR $35.33
Devoted Health Plan MCR $35.33
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $35.33
Molina MCD $35.33
United AllPayerAppendix $35.33
United CorePayer $35.33
United HeritageSelect $35.33
United MASNP $35.33
Amerigroup MGMCR $35.33
Bright Health HIX $35.33
Bright Health SmallGroup $35.33
Healthspring DualEligible $35.33
Healthspring MCRHMO $35.33
Healthspring MCRPOS $35.33
Healthspring MCRPPO $35.33
Aetna MGMCRSNP $35.68
Aetna MGMCRPPO $35.68
Aetna MGMCRHMO $35.68
United MGMCR $36.04
Zing MGMCR $36.39
Ambetter Select $36.74
BCBS MCR $36.74
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $37.10
Evergreen HMO MCR $37.10
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $37.10
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $37.10
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $37.10
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $37.10
Ambetter CORE $38.15
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $38.86
Bright Health MCRNarrow $40.63
Wellcare MGMCD $46.64
Wellcare CHIP $46.64
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $50.88
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $51.94
Cigna NewBusiness $62.86
Cigna OAP $71.39
Oscar HIX $105.99
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $141.32
Humana HumanaChoice $141.32
Humana BroadNetwork $141.32
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $141.32

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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $98.10 $12.72 – $136.59
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $47.07 $24.80 – $111.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $67.26 $24.80 – $111.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $59.55 $17.67 – $77.02
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $98.10 $17.06 – $136.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $98.10 $17.06 – $136.59
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $98.10 $21.14 – $136.59
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $98.10 $17.06 – $136.59

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →