Ph1 assmt&mgmt nqhp 21-30 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.

$33.61 with Healthspring vs $49.41 with NovaNET — 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
Healthspring MCRHMO $33.61
Healthspring MCRPPO $33.61
Wellcare MCR $33.61
Devoted Health Plan MCR $33.61
Humana ChoicecareMGMCR $33.61
United MASNP $33.61
Amerigroup MGMCR $33.61
Wellpoint MGMCD $33.61
Alive Hospice MCR $33.61
Healthspring DualEligible $33.61
Healthspring MCRPOS $33.61
Aetna MGMCRHMO $33.95
Aetna MGMCRPPO $33.95
Aetna MGMCRSNP $33.95
United MGMCR $34.28
Zing MGMCR $34.62
BCBS MCR $34.95
American Health Advantage MCRSNP $35.29
American Health Advantage MCRPFFS $35.29
Evergreen HMO MCR $35.29
American Health Advantage MCRHMO $35.29
American Health Advantage MCRPOS $35.29
American Health Advantage MCRPPO $35.29
ATRIO Golden Times MCR $36.97
Bright Health MCRNarrow $38.65
Wellcare CHIP $44.37
Wellcare MGMCD $44.37
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $48.40
NovaNET WORKERSCOMP $49.41

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Ph1 assmt&mgmt nqhp 21-30 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $28.67 – $48.63
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $18.89 – $64.73
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $18.89 – $72.94
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $18.89 – $92.40
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $28.67 – $48.63
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $33.57 – $43.92
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $33.61 – $49.41
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $32.60 – $49.41

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