Ot training self care/home management direct contact each 15 minutes 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.

$23.91 with Molina vs $326.00 with Aetna — 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
Molina MCD $23.91
Wellcare MCR $27.01
Alive Hospice MCR $27.01
Devoted Health Plan MCR $27.01
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $27.01
Healthspring MCRPPO $27.01
Healthspring MCRPOS $27.01
Healthspring MCRHMO $27.01
Healthspring DualEligible $27.01
Wellpoint MGMCD $27.01
United MASNP $27.01
Amerigroup MGMCR $27.01
Aetna MGMCRHMO $27.28
Aetna MGMCRPPO $27.28
Aetna MGMCRSNP $27.28
United MGMCR $27.55
Zing MGMCR $27.82
BCBS MCR $28.09
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $28.36
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $28.36
Evergreen HMO MCR $28.36
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $28.36
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $28.36
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $28.36
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $29.71
Bright Health MCRNarrow $31.06
Wellcare MGMCD $35.65
Wellcare CHIP $35.65
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $38.89
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $39.70
Bright Health HIX $51.23
Oscar HIX $53.62
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $64.89
BCBS NetworkP $65.60
Ambetter CORE $65.91
Ambetter Select $68.30
Bright Health SmallGroup $71.72
United OptionsPPO $75.47
Cigna NewBusiness $86.06
Cigna OAP $97.67
Cigna PPO $100.06
United GlobalBenefitPlan $153.68
Aetna NAP $170.75
City of Springfield COMM $221.97
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $266.37
Aetna NewBusiness $274.00
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $280.03
Aetna COMM $326.00

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Ot training self care/home management direct contact each 15 minutes at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $42.78 $16.29 – $75.99
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $30.20 $20.40 – $189.52
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $51.52 $16.29 – $21.18
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $43.15 $21.42 – $189.52
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $33.60 $18.90 – $66.90
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $44.01 $16.29 – $75.99
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $44.01 $16.29 – $75.99
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $42.78 $24.34 – $75.99

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