Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention 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

$2,911.42

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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.

$2,911.42

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.

$102.38 with BCBS vs $2,387.36 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
BCBS NetworkP $102.38 ↓ -96%
Molina MCD $203.80 ↓ -93%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $220.28 ↓ -92%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $220.28 ↓ -92%
Humana BroadNetwork $220.28 ↓ -92%
Humana HumanaChoice $220.28 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $239.29 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $239.29 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $383.35 ↓ -87%
Cigna OAP $435.43 ↓ -85%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $553.17 ↓ -81%
United HeritageSelect $611.66 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $611.66 ↓ -79%
United CorePayer $611.66 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $643.42 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $853.05 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,310.14 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $1,455.71 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $1,892.42 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,270.91 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $2,387.36 ↓ -18%

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Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $750.63 $123.27 – $755.17
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $909.02 $183.87 – $2,149.70
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,299.04 $183.87 – $2,149.70
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $452.25 $145.14 – $1,104.54
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $750.63 $123.27 – $755.17
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $750.63 $123.27 – $755.17
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $750.63 $123.27 – $755.17
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $750.63 $123.27 – $755.17

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