Nm imaging gastrointestinal acute blood loss 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

$2,600.67

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.

$2,600.67

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.

$181.76 with Humana vs $2,132.55 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
Humana BroadNetwork $181.76 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoice $181.76 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $181.76 ↓ -93%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $181.76 ↓ -93%
Molina MCD $182.05 ↓ -93%
BCBS NetworkP $269.78 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $466.66 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $466.66 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $471.74 ↓ -82%
United CorePayer $471.74 ↓ -82%
United HeritageSelect $471.74 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $494.13 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $574.75 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $762.00 ↓ -71%
Cigna NewBusiness $851.15 ↓ -67%
Cigna OAP $966.79 ↓ -63%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,170.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,300.34 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,690.44 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,028.52 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,132.55 ↓ -18%

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Nm imaging gastrointestinal acute blood loss at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $528.71 $137.80 – $827.09
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $573.95 $205.09 – $1,357.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $357.42 $137.80 – $733.84
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $820.20 $205.09 – $1,357.30
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $159.85 – $1,154.30
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $649.56 $120.62 – $827.09
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $649.56 $120.62 – $827.09
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $649.53 $120.62 – $827.09

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