Mopath procedure level 1 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.

$28.78 with Wellpoint vs $255.84 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 $28.78
Aetna NewBusiness $50.85
Aetna COMM $50.85
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $63.96
Alive Hospice MCR $63.96
Wellcare MCR $63.96
Devoted Health Plan MCR $63.96
Molina MCD $63.96
United AllPayerAppendix $63.96
United CorePayer $63.96
United HeritageSelect $63.96
United MASNP $63.96
Amerigroup MGMCR $63.96
Bright Health HIX $63.96
Bright Health SmallGroup $63.96
Healthspring DualEligible $63.96
Healthspring MCRHMO $63.96
Healthspring MCRPOS $63.96
Healthspring MCRPPO $63.96
Aetna MGMCRPPO $64.60
Aetna MGMCRHMO $64.60
Aetna MGMCRSNP $64.60
United MGMCR $65.24
Zing MGMCR $65.88
Ambetter Select $66.52
BCBS MCR $66.52
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $67.16
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $67.16
Evergreen HMO MCR $67.16
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $67.16
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $67.16
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $67.16
Ambetter CORE $69.07
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $70.36
Bright Health MCRNarrow $73.55
Wellcare MGMCD $84.43
Wellcare CHIP $84.43
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $92.10
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $94.02
Cigna NewBusiness $114.21
BCBS NetworkP $123.00
Cigna OAP $129.70
Oscar HIX $191.88
Humana BroadNetwork $255.84
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $255.84
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $255.84
Humana HumanaChoice $255.84

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Mopath procedure level 1 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $483.35 $23.03 – $218.94
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $157.80 $31.98 – $139.43
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $483.35 $57.56 – $261.99
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $483.35 $57.56 – $261.99
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $483.35 $57.56 – $261.99
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $483.35 $57.56 – $261.99
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $157.80 $23.03 – $139.43
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $157.80 $31.98 – $153.50

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →