Ph body fluid 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

$83.29

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.

$83.29

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.

$1.61 with Wellpoint vs $68.30 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
Wellpoint MGMCD $1.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS NetworkP $2.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $2.85 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $2.85 ↓ -97%
Healthspring MCRPPO $3.58 ↓ -96%
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $3.58 ↓ -96%
Healthspring MCRPOS $3.58 ↓ -96%
Healthspring MCRHMO $3.58 ↓ -96%
Healthspring DualEligible $3.58 ↓ -96%
Bright Health HIX $3.58 ↓ -96%
Wellcare MCR $3.58 ↓ -96%
Alive Hospice MCR $3.58 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Plan MCR $3.58 ↓ -96%
Molina MCD $3.58 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58 ↓ -96%
United CorePayer $3.58 ↓ -96%
United HeritageSelect $3.58 ↓ -96%
United MASNP $3.58 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCR $3.58 ↓ -96%
Bright Health SmallGroup $3.58 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRHMO $3.62 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRSNP $3.62 ↓ -96%
Aetna MGMCRPPO $3.62 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $3.65 ↓ -96%
Zing MGMCR $3.69 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCR $3.72 ↓ -96%
Ambetter Select $3.72 ↓ -96%
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $3.76 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $3.76 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $3.76 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $3.76 ↓ -95%
Evergreen HMO MCR $3.76 ↓ -95%
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $3.76 ↓ -95%
Ambetter CORE $3.86 ↓ -95%
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $3.94 ↓ -95%
Bright Health MCRNarrow $4.12 ↓ -95%
Wellcare MGMCD $4.73 ↓ -94%
Wellcare CHIP $4.73 ↓ -94%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $5.16 ↓ -94%
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $5.26 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $6.35 ↓ -92%
Cigna OAP $7.21 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $10.74 ↓ -87%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $14.32 ↓ -83%
Humana HumanaChoice $14.32 ↓ -83%
Humana BroadNetwork $14.32 ↓ -83%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $14.32 ↓ -83%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $15.83 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $18.41 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $24.40 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $37.48 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $41.65 ↓ -50%
City of Springfield COMM $54.14 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $64.97 ↓ -22%
Multiplan PrimaryNetwork $68.30 ↓ -18%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $56.21 $1.29 – $13.54
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $22.80 $3.18 – $53.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.03 $3.11 – $7.16
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $32.58 $3.18 – $53.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $5.25 $1.79 – $7.80
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $56.21 $2.51 – $13.54
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $56.21 $2.51 – $13.54
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $56.21 $2.51 – $13.54

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