Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER
100 NORTHCREST DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1093397184
$232.79
Cash price 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.
$232.79
Gross charge 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.
$0.13 with BCBS vs $190.89 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | NetworkP | $0.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $0.18 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | OAP | $0.20 | ↓ -100% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.32 | ↓ -100% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $0.32 | ↓ -100% |
| United | CorePayer | $0.32 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina | MCD | $16.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $34.92 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $34.92 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $34.92 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $51.45 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | PPO | $68.21 | ↓ -71% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $104.76 | ↓ -55% |
| City of Springfield | COMM | $151.31 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $181.58 | ↓ -22% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $190.89 | ↓ -18% |
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Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $34.00 | $14.15 – $49.51 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $118.89 | $0.10 – $0.24 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $48.58 | $14.86 – $49.51 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $108.55 | $0.11 – $0.24 |
| 62-1138045 BMH Union City | Union City | $103.38 | $0.10 – $0.24 |
| CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY | Ashland City | $327.18 | $0.13 – $0.32 |
| STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER | Smyrna | $90.40 | $0.13 – $0.32 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $124.58 | $0.06 – $53.10 |